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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 
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Isaiah 58:5 - Is

Isaiah 58:5 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Verse Strongs No. Hebrew
Is H1961 הָיָה
it such H2088 זֶה
a fast H6685 צוֹם
that I have chosen H977 בָּחַר
a day H3117 יוֹם
for a man H120 אָדָם
to afflict H6031 עָנָה
his soul H5315 נֶפֶשׁ
is H1961 הָיָה
it to bow down H3721 כָּפַף
his head H7218 רֹאשׁ
as a bulrush H100 אַגְמוֹן
and to spread H3331 יַצַע
sackcloth H8242 שַׂק
and ashes H665 אֵפֶר
under him wilt thou call H7121 קָרָא
this H2088 זֶה
a fast H6685 צוֹם
and an acceptable H7522 רָצוֹן
day H3117 יוֹם
to the LORD H3068 יְהֹוָה

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.