Hosea 11:3

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"Yet it was I who taught Efrayim to walk; I took them by their arms. But they did not know that it was I who was healing them,

Berean Standard Bible:

It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.

American Standard Version:

Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

I taught{H8637} Ephraim{H669} also to go{H8637}, taking{H3947} them by their arms{H2220}; but they knew{H3045} not that I healed{H7495} them.

Cross-References (KJV):

Jeremiah 30:17

  • For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, [saying], This [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Deuteronomy 1:31

  • And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.

Exodus 15:26

  • And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee.

Hosea 7:15

  • Though I have bound [and] strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

Isaiah 46:3

  • Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne [by me] from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

Acts 13:18

  • And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

Hosea 14:4

  • ¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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Commentary for Hosea 11:3

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H8637
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: תִּרְגַּל
    Transliteration: tirgal
    Pronunciation: teer-gal'
    Description: a denominative from רָגַל; to cause to walk; teach to go.
  2. Strong's Number: H669
    There are 313 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶפְרַיִם
    Transliteration: ʼEphrayim
    Pronunciation: ef-rah'-yim
    Description: dual of masculine form of אֶפְרָת; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Ephraim, Ephraimites.
  3. Strong's Number: H3947
    There are 909 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לָקַח
    Transliteration: lâqach
    Pronunciation: law-kakh'
    Description: a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
  4. Strong's Number: H2220
    There are 84 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: זְרוֹעַ
    Transliteration: zᵉrôwaʻ
    Pronunciation: zer-o'-ah
    Description: or (shortened) זְרֹעַ; and (feminine) זְרוֹעָה; or זְרֹעָה; from זָרַע; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force; arm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
  5. Strong's Number: H3045
    There are 873 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָדַע
    Transliteration: yâdaʻ
    Pronunciation: yaw-dah'
    Description: 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.
  6. Strong's Number: H7495
    There are 62 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָפָא
    Transliteration: râphâʼ
    Pronunciation: raw-faw'
    Description: or רָפָה; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure; cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See רָפָה.