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Hosea 2:20

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← Hosea 2:19	Hosea 2:20 (KJV)	Hosea 2:21 →
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.	I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.	And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I will even betroth^H781 thee unto me in faithfulness^H530: and thou shalt know^H3045 the LORD^H3068.

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Original Hebrew

וְכָרַתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית בַּיֹּום הַהוּא עִם־חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְעִם־עֹוף הַשָּׁמַיִם וְרֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה וְקֶשֶׁת וְחֶרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה אֶשְׁבֹּור מִן־הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁכַּבְתִּים לָבֶטַח׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/כָרַתִּ֨י	ve./kha.ra.Ti	H3772	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will make
לָ/הֶ֤ם	la./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
בְּרִית֙	be.Rit	H1285	HNcfsa	a covenant
בַּ/יּ֣וֹם	ba/i.Yom	H3117	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ day
הַ/ה֔וּא	ha./Hu'	H1931	HTd/Pp3ms	(the)/ that
עִם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
חַיַּ֤ת	chai.Yat	H2416	HNcfsc	(the) animal(s) of
הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙	ha./sa.Deh	H7704	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ field
וְ/עִם	ve./'im-	H5973	HC/R	and/ with
ע֣וֹף	of	H5775	HNcmsc	(the) bird(s) of
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens
וְ/רֶ֖מֶשׂ	ve./Re.mes	H7431	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) creeping thing(s) of
הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֑ה	ha./'a.da.Mah	H127	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ ground
וְ/קֶ֨שֶׁת	ve./Ke.shet	H7198	HC/Ncfsa	and/ bow
וְ/חֶ֤רֶב	ve./Che.rev	H2719	HC/Ncfsa	and/ sword
וּ/מִלְחָמָה֙	u./mil.cha.Mah	H4421	HC/Ncfsa	and/ battle
אֶשְׁבּ֣וֹר	'esh.Bor	H7665	HVqi1cs	I will break
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	from
הָ/אָ֔רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
וְ/הִשְׁכַּבְתִּ֖י/ם	ve./hish.kav.Ti/m	H7901	HC/Vhq1cs/Sp3mp	and/ I will make lie down/ them
לָ/בֶֽטַח	la./Ve.tach	H983	HR/Ncmsa	to/ security

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H530 — אֱמוּנָה (ʼĕmûwnâh, em-oo-naw'): or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה; feminine of אֵמוּן; literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity; faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
• H781 — אָרַשׂ (ʼâras, aw-ras'): a primitive root; to engage for matrimony; betroth, espouse.
• H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H127 — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H983 — בֶּטַח (beṭach, beh'takh): from בָּטַח; properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely; assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.
• H1285 — בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'): from בָּרָה (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H2719 — חֶרֶב (chereb, kheh'-reb): from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3772 — כָּרַת (kârath, kaw-rath'): a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H5775 — עוֹף (ʻôwph, ofe): from עוּף; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively; bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
• H7198 — קֶשֶׁת (qesheth, keh'-sheth): from קָשָׁה in the original sense (of קוֹשׁ) of bending; a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris; [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
• H7431 — רֶמֶשׂ (remes, reh'-mes): from רָמַשׂ; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal; that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.
• H7665 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.
• H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• and — Jeremiah 9:24, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 31:33-34, Ezekiel 38:23, Matthew 11:27, Luke 10:22, John 8:55, John 17:3, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Colossians 1:10, 2 Timothy 1:12, Hebrews 8:11, 1 John 4:6, 1 John 5:20

Reciprocal references (15): Isaiah 11:5, Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 62:4, Jeremiah 3:14, Jeremiah 31:12, Jeremiah 32:41, Ezekiel 16:60, Ezekiel 36:11, Ezekiel 39:28, Hosea 6:3, Romans 7:4, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 12:1, Revelation 19:7

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: MARRIAGE
• Nave’s: GOD, HUSBAND, ISRAEL, PROPHECIES CONCERNING, MARRIAGE

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