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Psalm 106

Psa. 106:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thusz they changed
muwr (Hebrew #4171)
to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
KJV usage: X at all, (ex-)change, remove.
Pronounce: moor
Origin: a primitive root
their glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
into the similitude
tabniyth (Hebrew #8403)
structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
KJV usage: figure, form, likeness, pattern, similitude.
Pronounce: tab-neeth'
Origin: from 1129
of an ox
showr (Hebrew #7794)
a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV usage: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for 7791).
Pronounce: shore
Origin: from 7788
that eateth
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
grass
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
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Jer. 2:11• 11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. (Jer. 2:11)

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Glory,
Grass,
Ox; Oxen,
Similitude

Cross References

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Psa. 89:17• 17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted. (Psa. 89:17)
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Jer. 2:11• 11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. (Jer. 2:11)
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Rom. 1:22‑23• 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
 23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (Rom. 1:22‑23)
their glory.That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.into.
Ex. 20:4‑5• 4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
 5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; (Ex. 20:4‑5)
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Isa. 40:18‑25• 18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
 19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
 20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
 21Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
 23That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
 24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
 25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. (Isa. 40:18‑25)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.