Isaiah 3:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גִּבּ֖וֹר וְאִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה שׁוֹפֵ֥ט וְנָבִ֖יא וְקֹסֵ֥ם וְזָקֵֽן

Transliteration

gibbôr and-ʾîš milḥāmāh; šôpēṭ and-nābîʾ and-qōsēm and-zāqēn

Grammar Details

*gibbôr*: noun, masculine singular - mighty man/warrior/hero
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle
*šôpēṭ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - judge
*nābîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - prophet
*qōsēm*: Qal participle, masculine singular - diviner/soothsayer
*zāqēn*: noun, masculine singular - elder/old man

Word Meanings

*gibbôr*: mighty man/warrior/hero/champion
*ʾîš*: man/male/husband
*milḥāmāh*: war/battle/fighting
*šôpēṭ*: judge/one who judges
*nābîʾ*: prophet/seer/spokesperson
*qōsēm*: diviner/soothsayer/one who practices divination
*zāqēn*: elder/old man/aged one

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 17:13 : 13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
Amos 2:3 : 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
2 Kgs 24:14-16 : 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Ps 74:9 : 9 We see{H8804)} not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth{H8802)} how long.
Isa 2:13-15 : 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
Isa 9:14-15 : 14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Lam 5:12-14 : 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. 13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Ezek 9:5 : 5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

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