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The clearest Old Testament portrait of the suffering servant: despised and rejected, a man of sorrows who bore our griefs, was wounded for our transgressions, and was led like a lamb to the slaughter. The chapter the Ethiopian eunuch was reading when Philip met him declares that the LORD laid on Him the iniquity of us all — and that after His soul is made an offering for sin, He will see His seed and justify many.
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Isaiah 53 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 8 cross-references, 5 Early-Church citations.
Cross-references in Isaiah 53 (8)
- v.5 1 Peter 2:24-25
- v.5 1 Peter 3:18
- v.5 Matthew 20:28
- v.5 2 Corinthians 5:21
- v.4 1 Peter 2:24
- v.4 Matthew 8:17
- v.5 Romans 5:6-10
- v.1 John 12:38
Hebrew interlinear — Isaiah 53:1–12 (164 words)
- מִ֥יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
- הֶאֱמִ֖יןheʾĕmînaman: (properly) to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurseH539
- לִשְׁמֻעָתֵ֑נוּlišmuʿātēnûshmuw`ah: something heard, i.e. an announcementH8052
- וּזְר֥וֹעַûzĕrôaʿzrowa`: the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the forelegH2220
- יְהוָ֖הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- מִ֥יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
- נִגְלָֽתָה׃niglātâgalah: to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense)H1540
- וַיַּ֨עַלwayyaʿal`alah: to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount)H5927
- כַּיּוֹנֵ֜קkayyônēqyowneq: a sucker; (hence) a twig (of a tree felled and sprouting)H3126
- לְפָנָ֗יוlĕpānāywpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- וְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙wĕkaššōrešsheresh: a root (literally or figuratively)H8328
- מֵאֶ֣רֶץmēʾereṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
- צִיָּ֔הṣiyyâtsiyah: aridity; (concretely) a desertH6723
- לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- תֹ֥אַרtōʾarto'ar: outline, i.e. figure or appearanceH8389
- ל֖וֹlô
- וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- הָדָ֑רhādārhadar: magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendorH1926
- וְנִרְאֵ֥הוּwĕnirʾēhûra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
- וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- מַרְאֶ֖הmarʾemar'eh: a view (the act of seeing)H4758
- וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃wĕneḥmĕdēhûchamad: to delight inH2530
- נִבְזֶה֙nibzehbazah: to disesteemH959
- וַחֲדַ֣לwaḥădalchadel: vacant, i.e. ceasing or destituteH2310
- אִישִׁ֔יםʾîšîmiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- אִ֥ישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- מַכְאֹב֖וֹתmakʾōbôtmak'ob: anguish or (figuratively) afflictionH4341
- וִיד֣וּעַwîdûaʿyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
- חֹ֑לִיḥōlîcholiy: malady, anxiety, calamityH2483
- וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤רûkĕmastērmacter: (properly) a hider, i.e. (abstractly) a hiding, i.e. aversionH4564
- פָּנִים֙pānîmpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- מִמֶּ֔נּוּmimmennûmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
- נִבְזֶ֖הnibzebazah: to disesteemH959
- וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃ḥăšabnuhûchashab: (properly) to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricateH2803
- אָכֵ֤ןʾākēnaken: firmly; (figuratively) surelyH403
- חֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙ḥŏlāyēnûcholiy: malady, anxiety, calamityH2483
- ה֣וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- נָשָׂ֔אnāśāʾnasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
- וּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּûmakʾōbênûmak'ob: anguish or (figuratively) afflictionH4341
- סְבָלָ֑םsĕbālāmcabal: to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensomeH5445
- וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּwaʾănaḥnûanachnuw: weH587
- חֲשַׁבְנֻ֔הוּḥăšabnuhûchashab: (properly) to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricateH2803
- נָג֛וּעַnāgûaʿnaga`: (properly) to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purposeH5060
- מֻכֵּ֥הmukkēnakah: to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)H5221
- אֱלֹהִ֖יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
- וּמְעֻנֶּֽה׃ûmĕʿunne`anah: to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)H6031
- וְהוּא֙wĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- מְחֹלָ֣לmĕḥōlālchalal: (properly) to bore; (by implication) to wound, to dissolveH2490
- מִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּmippĕšāʿēnûpesha`: a revolt (national, moral or religious)H6588
- מְדֻכָּ֖אmĕdukkāʾdaka': to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)H1792
- מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵ֑ינוּmēʿăwōnōtênû`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
- מוּסַ֤רmûsarmuwcar: (properly) chastisement; (figuratively) reproof, warning or instructionH4148
- שְׁלוֹמֵ֙נוּ֙šĕlômēnûshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
- עָלָ֔יוʿālāyw`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- וּבַחֲבֻרָת֖וֹûbaḥăburātôchabbuwrah: (properly) bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself)H2250
- נִרְפָּאnirpāʾrapha': (properly) to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cureH7495
- כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙kullānûkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- כַּצֹּ֣אןkaṣṣōntso'n: a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats)H6629
- תָּעִ֔ינוּtāʿînûta`ah: to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively)H8582
- אִ֥ישׁʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
- לְדַרְכּ֖וֹlĕdarkôderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
- פָּנִ֑ינוּpānînûpanah: to turn; (by implication) to face, i.e. appear, look, etcH6437
- וַֽיהוָה֙wayhwāhYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- הִפְגִּ֣יעַhipgîaʿpaga`: to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunityH6293
- בּ֔וֹbô
- אֵ֖תʾēteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- עֲוֹ֥ןʿăwōn`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
- כֻּלָּֽנוּ׃kullānûkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
- נִגַּ֨שׂniggaśnagas: to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army)H5065
- וְה֣וּאwĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- נַעֲנֶה֮naʿăneh`anah: to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)H6031
- וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- יִפְתַּחyiptaḥpathach: to open wide (literally or figuratively)H6605
- פִּיו֒pîwpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
- כַּשֶּׂה֙kaśśehseh: a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goatH7716
- לַטֶּ֣בַחlaṭṭebaḥtebach: (properly) something slaughtered; (hence) a beast (or meat, as butchered)H2874
- יוּבָ֔לyûbālyabal: (properly) to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)H2986
- וּכְרָחֵ֕לûkĕrāḥēlrachel: a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)H7353
- לִפְנֵ֥יlipnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
- גֹזְזֶ֖יהָgōzĕzêhāgazaz: to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hairH1494
- נֶאֱלָ֑מָהneʾĕlāmâalam: to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tiedH481
- וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- יִפְתַּ֖חyiptaḥpathach: to open wide (literally or figuratively)H6605
- פִּֽיו׃pîwpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
- מֵעֹ֤צֶרmēʿōṣer`otser: closure; also constraintH6115
- וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט֙ûmimmišpāṭmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
- לֻקָּ֔חluqqāḥlaqach: to take (in the widest variety of applications)H3947
- וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
- דּוֹר֖וֹdôrôdowr: (properly) a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generationH1755
- מִ֣יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
- יְשׂוֹחֵ֑חַyĕśôḥēaḥsiyach: to ponder; (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utterH7878
- כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
- נִגְזַר֙nigzargazar: to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decideH1504
- מֵאֶ֣רֶץmēʾereṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
- חַיִּ֔יםḥayyîmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
- מִפֶּ֥שַׁעmippešaʿpesha`: a revolt (national, moral or religious)H6588
- עַמִּ֖יʿammî`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
- נֶ֥גַעnegaʿnega`: a blow; (figuratively) an inflictionH5061
- וַיִּתֵּ֤ןwayyittēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
- אֶתʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
- רְשָׁעִים֙rĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
- קִבְר֔וֹqibrôqeber,: a sepulchreH6913
- וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
- עָשִׁ֖ירʿāšîr`ashiyr: rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)H6223
- בְּמֹתָ֑יוbĕmōtāywmaveth: death (natural or violent); (concretely) the dead, their place or state (hades)H4194
- עַ֚לʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
- לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- חָמָ֣סḥāmāschamac: violence; (by implication) wrongH2555
- עָשָׂ֔הʿāśâ`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
- וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
- מִרְמָ֖הmirmâmirmah: fraudH4820
- בְּפִֽיו׃bĕpîwpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
- וַיהוָ֞הwayhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- חָפֵ֤ץḥāpēṣchaphets: (properly) to incline to; (by implication) (literally but rarely) to bendH2654
- דַּכְּאוֹ֙dakkĕʾôdaka': to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)H1792
- הֶֽחֱלִ֔יheḥĕlîchalah: (properly) to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflictedH2470
- אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
- תָּשִׂ֤יםtāśîmsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
- אָשָׁם֙ʾāšāmasham: guilt; (by implication) a faultH817
- נַפְשׁ֔וֹnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- יִרְאֶ֥הyirʾera'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
- זֶ֖רַעzeraʿzera`: seed; (figuratively) fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterityH2233
- יַאֲרִ֣יךְyaʾărîkarak: to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)H748
- יָמִ֑יםyāmîmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
- וְחֵ֥פֶץwĕḥēpeṣchephets: pleasure; (hence, abstractly) desireH2656
- יְהוָ֖הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
- בְּיָד֥וֹbĕyādôyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
- יִצְלָֽח׃yiṣlāḥtsalach: to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)H6743
- מֵעֲמַ֤לmēʿămal`amal: toil, i.e. wearing effort; (hence) worry, wheth. of body or mindH5999
- נַפְשׁוֹ֙napšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- יִרְאֶ֣הyirʾera'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
- יִשְׂבָּ֔עyiśbāʿsaba`: to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)H7646
- בְּדַעְתּ֗וֹbĕdaʿtôda`ath: knowledgeH1847
- יַצְדִּ֥יקyaṣdîqtsadaq: to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)H6663
- צַדִּ֛יקṣaddîqtsaddiyq: justH6662
- עַבְדִּ֖יʿabdî`ebed: a servantH5650
- לָֽרַבִּ֑יםlārabbîmrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- וַעֲוֺנֹתָ֖םwaʿăwōnōtām`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
- ה֥וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- יִסְבֹּֽל׃yisbōlcabal: to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensomeH5445
- לָכֵ֞ןlākēnken: (properly) set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) justH3651
- אֲחַלֶּקʾăḥalleqchalaq: to be smooth (figuratively); (by implication) (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separateH2505
- ל֣וֹlô
- בָרַבִּ֗יםbārabbîmrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
- עֲצוּמִים֮ʿăṣûmîm`atsuwm: powerful; (specifically) a pawH6099
- יְחַלֵּ֣קyĕḥallēqchalaq: to be smooth (figuratively); (by implication) (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separateH2505
- שָׁלָל֒šālālshalal: bootyH7998
- תַּ֗חַתtaḥattachath: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of...H8478
- אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
- הֶעֱרָ֤הheʿĕrâ`arah: to be (causatively, make) bare; (hence) to empty, pour out, demolishH6168
- לַמָּ֙וֶת֙lammāwetmaveth: death (natural or violent); (concretely) the dead, their place or state (hades)H4194
- נַפְשׁ֔וֹnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
- וְאֶתwĕʾeteth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
- פֹּשְׁעִ֖יםpōšĕʿîmpasha`: to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrelH6586
- נִמְנָ֑הnimnâmanah: (properly) to weigh out; (by implication) to allot or constitute officiallyH4487
- וְהוּא֙wĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
- חֵטְאḥēṭĕʾchet': a crime or its penaltyH2399
- רַבִּ֣יםrabbîmrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
- נָשָׂ֔אnāśāʾnasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
- וְלַפֹּשְׁעִ֖יםwĕlappōšĕʿîmpasha`: to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrelH6586
- יַפְגִּֽיעַ׃yapgîaʿpaga`: to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunityH6293
Strong's words in Isaiah 53 (6)
- Strong's H3068 — יְהוָ֖ה (yĕhwâ)
- Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 4 times in Isaiah 53.
- Strong's H376 — אִישִׁ֔ים (ʾîšîm)
- iysh (eesh) n-m. 1. a man as an individual or a male person 2. often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) [contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)] KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Root(s): H582 Compare: H802. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 53.
- Strong's H4310 — מִ֥י (mî)
- miy (me) p/i. 1. who? 2. (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which? 3. (indefinitely) whoever {often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix} [an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things] KJV: any (man), X he, X him, + O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), + would to God. Root(s): H4100. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 53.
- Strong's H5315 — נַפְשׁ֔וֹ (napšô)
- nephesh (neh'-fesh) n-f. 1. (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality 2. used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) [from H5314] KJV: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it. Root(s): H5314. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 53.
- Strong's H5771 — מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵ֑ינוּ (mēʿăwōnōtênû)
- `avon (aw-vone') (or oavown (2 Kings 7) n-m. 1. perversity, i.e. (moral) evil [from H5753] KJV: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin. Root(s): H5753 See also: H7. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 53.
- Strong's H6310 — פִּיו֒ (pîw)
- peh (peh) n-m. 1. the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech) 2. specifically edge, portion or side 3. adverbially (with preposition) according to [from H6284] KJV: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word. Root(s): H6284. Appears 3 times in Isaiah 53.
“Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? We have declared our message in His presence.”
What the Early Church wrote about Isaiah 53 (4)
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“He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we were healed.”
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“He Himself purged away their sins, having suffered many trials and undergone many labours.”
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“And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. [Isaiah 53:12]”
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“But that he had, beyond all others, in himself that preeminent birth that is from the most high Father and also experienced that preeminent generation that is from the Virgin, the divine Scriptures do in both respects testify of him: also, that he was a man without comeliness...”