Bible Verse Dictionary
Lamentations 4:9 - Slain
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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They that be slain | H2491 | חָלָל |
[Noun Masculine] pierced (especially to death); figuratively polluted |
with the sword | H2719 | חֶרֶב |
[Noun Feminine] drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive {effect}) as a {knife} {sword } or other sharp implement |
are | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
better | H2896 | טוֹב |
[Adjective] good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a {noun} both in the masculine and the {feminine} the singular and the plural ({good } a good or good {thing} a good man or woman; the {good} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well) |
than they that be slain | H2491 | חָלָל |
[Noun Masculine] pierced (especially to death); figuratively polluted |
with hunger | H7458 | רָעָב |
[Noun Masculine] hunger (more or less extensive) |
for these | H7945 | שֶׁל |
used with prepositional {prefix} and often followed by some pronoun affixed; on account {of} what {soever} which soever |
pine away | H2100 | זוּב |
[Verb] to flow freely (as {water}) that {is} (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively to waste away; also to overflow |
stricken through | H1856 | דָּקַר |
[Verb] to stab; by analogy to starve; figuratively to revile |
for want of the fruits | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
of the field | H7704 | שָׂדֶה |
[Noun Masculine] a field (as flat) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.