Bible Verse Dictionary
Judges 21:16 - Benjamin
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Then the elders | H2205 | זָקֵן |
[Adjective] old |
of the congregation | H5712 | עֵדָה |
[Noun Feminine] a stated assemblage (specifically a {concourse} or generally a family or crowd) |
said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
How | H4100 | מָה |
properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses |
shall we do | H6213 | עָשָׂה |
[Verb] to do or {make} in the broadest sense and widest application |
for wives | H802 | אִשָּׁה |
[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582). |
for them that remain | H3498 | יָתַר |
[Verb] to jut over or exceed; by implication to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to {leave} cause to {abound} preserve |
seeing | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
the women | H802 | אִשָּׁה |
[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582). |
are destroyed | H8045 | שָׁמַד |
[Verb] to desolate |
out of Benjamin | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.