I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
I clothe the heauens with blackeneſſe, and I make ſackcloth their couering.
כְּסוּת , feminine noun, kəsut — a covering (value 486)
H3682,
כְּסוּת keçûwth, kes-ooth'; from H3680; a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling:—covering, raiment, vesture.covering, clothing
covering, clothing
covering (for concealment)
Used in 8 Verses, 5 Books 8  Occurrence Count
לָבַשׁ , verb, lavash — to put on, wear, clothe, be clothed (value 332)
H3847,
לָבַשׁ lâbash, law-bash'; or לָבֵשׁ lâbêsh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively:—(in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed
(Qal)
to put on clothes, be clothed, wear
to put on, be clothed with (fig.)
(Pual) to be fully clothed
(Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress
Used in 102 Verses, 25 Books 108  Occurrence Count
קַדְרוּת , feminine noun, kadrut — darkness, gloom (value 710)
H6940,
קַדְרוּת qadrûwth, kad-rooth'; from H6937; duskiness:—blackness.Used in 1 Verse, 1 Book 1  Occurrence Count
שׂוּם , verb, sum — to put, place, set (value 346)
H7760,
שׂוּם sûwm, soom; or שִׂים sîym; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically):—× any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, name, × on, ordain, order, paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, stedfastly, take, × tell, tread down, (over-)turn, × wholly, work.to put, place, set, appoint, make
(Qal)
to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on
to set, direct, direct toward
to extend (compassion) (fig)
to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix
to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix
to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give
(Hiphil) to set or make for a sign
(Hophal) to be set
Used in 548 Verses, 37 Books 579  Occurrence Count
שָׁמַיִם , masculine noun, shamayim — heaven, sky (value 390)
H8064,
שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; 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, × astrologer, heaven(-s).heaven, heavens, sky
visible heavens, sky
as abode of the stars
as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
Heaven (as the abode of God)
Used in 395 Verses, 33 Books 413  Occurrence Count
שַׂק , masculine noun, sak — sack, sackcloth (value 400)
H8242,
שַׂק saq, sak; from H8264; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.):—sack(-cloth, -clothes).mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking
sack (for grain)
sackcloth
worn in mourning or humiliation
same material spread out to lie on
Used in 46 Verses, 19 Books 48  Occurrence Count
| Isaiah 50:3Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| אַלְבִּ֥ישׁ שָׁמַ֖יִם קַדְר֑וּת וְשַׂ֖ק אָשִׂ֥ים כְּסוּתָֽם׃ ס |
| Verse #18666 (Ch. #729) — 6 words, 26 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| I clothe |
H3847lavash |
לָבַשׁ |
332 |
| the heavens |
H8064shamayim |
שָׁמַיִם |
390 |
| with blackness, |
H6940kadrut |
קַדְרוּת |
710 |
| and I make |
H7760sum |
שׂוּם |
346 |
| sackcloth |
H8242sak |
שַׂק |
400 |
| their covering. |
H3682kəsut |
כְּסוּת |
486 |
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