King James Version
Hosea 14:5 in the King James Version says “I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. grow: or, blossom cast...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. grow: or, blossom cast: Heb. strike”
Hosea 14:5 · KJV
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. grow: or, blossom cast: Heb. strike
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. spread: Heb. go
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. grow: or, blossom scent: or, memorial
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“unto Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“he shall grow”
H6524to break forth as a bud, i.e., bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
“as the lily”
H7799a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
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