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Isaiah 58:4 - Fast

Isaiah 58:4 - Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
Behold	H2005	הֵן	[Interjection] lo ! also (as expressing surprise) if
ye fast	H6684	צוּם	[Verb] to cover over (the {mouth}) that {is} to fast
for strife	H7379	רִיב	[Noun Masculine] a contest (personal or legal)
and debate	H4683	מַצָּה	[Noun Feminine] a quarrel
and to smite	H5221	נָכָה	[Verb] to strike (lightly or {severely} literally or figuratively)
with the fist	H106	אֶגְרֹף	[Noun Masculine] the clenched hand
of wickedness	H7562	רֶשַׁע	[Noun Masculine] a wrong (especially moral)
ye shall not	H3808	לֹא	[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles
fast	H6684	צוּם	[Verb] to cover over (the {mouth}) that {is} to fast
as ye do this day	H3117	יוֹם	[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially)
to make your voice	H6963	קוֹל	[Noun Masculine] a voice or sound
to be heard	H8085	שָׁמַע	[Verb] to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.)
on high	H4791	מָרוֹם	[Noun Masculine] {altitude} that {is} concretely (an elevated {place }) abstractly ({elevation }) fig ({elation }) or adverbial (aloft)

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.