King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Gil'ad is a city of criminals, covered with bloody footprints;
Berean Standard Bible:
Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.
American Standard Version:
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Gilead{H1568} is a city{H7151} of them that work{H6466} iniquity{H205}, and is polluted{H6121} with blood{H1818}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Hosea 12:11
- [Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Matthew 26:15
- And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew 26:16
- And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
1 Kings 2:5
- Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.
2 Samuel 20:8
- When they [were] at the great stone which [is] in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle [with] a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
Psalms 59:2
- Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
2 Samuel 3:27
- And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth [rib], that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
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Commentary for Hosea 6:8
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1568
There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גִּלְעָד
Transliteration: Gilʻâd
Pronunciation: ghil-awd'
Description: probably from גַּלְעֵד; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites; Gilead, Gileadite. - Strong's Number: H7151
There are 31 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קִרְיָה
Transliteration: qiryâh
Pronunciation: kir-yaw'
Description: from קָרָה in the sense of flooring, i.e.; building; a city; city. - Strong's Number: H6466
There are 55 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פָּעַל
Transliteration: pâʻal
Pronunciation: paw-al'
Description: a primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise; commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er). - Strong's Number: H205
There are 101 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָוֶן
Transliteration: ʼâven
Pronunciation: aw-ven'
Description: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol; affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare אַיִן. - Strong's Number: H6121
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָקֹב
Transliteration: ʻâqôb
Pronunciation: aw-kobe'
Description: from עָקַב; in the original sense, a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense; (transitive) fraudulent or (intransitive) tracked; crooked, deceitful, polluted. - Strong's Number: H1818
There are 295 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דָּם
Transliteration: dâm
Pronunciation: dawm
Description: from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.