Isaiah 53:3
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”
חָשַׁב
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
חָלַל
Rejected
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חָלַל
Pierced, wounded, profaned. Chalal. To be fatally pierced through. This is the word used for Jesus being pierced on the cross. He was pierced because of what we did, not because of anything He did.
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חָלָה
Grief
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חָלָה
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
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חֳלִי
sickness
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חֳלִי
Sickness, disease, grief. Choliy. He has borne our griefs. Jesus did not just sympathize with our suffering. He took it upon Himself so we could be free.
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בָּזָה
Despised
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בָּזָה
Despised, treated as worthless — bazah; to hold in contempt; the most despised person turned out to be the most valuable who ever lived
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מַכְאֹב
Sorrows
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מַכְאֹב
Pain, sorrow, grief. Makkob. A man of sorrows acquainted with grief. Jesus knows pain from the inside. He walked every road we walk.
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פָּנִים
face
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פָּנִים
Face, presence. Panim. The LORD make His face shine on you. God turns His face toward you. That is grace.
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מִן
from/ him
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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