Bible Verse Dictionary
Nehemiah 4:4 - Head
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Hear | H8085 | שָׁמַע |
[Verb] to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.) |
O our God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
we are | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
despised | H939 | בּוּזָה |
[Noun Feminine] something scorned; an object of contempt |
and turn | H7725 | שׁוּב |
[Verb] to turn back ({hence} away) transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again |
their reproach | H2781 | חֶרְפָּה |
[Noun Feminine] {contumely} {disgrace } the pudenda |
upon | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
their own head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
and give | H5414 | נָתַן |
[Verb] to {give} used with great latitude of application ({put } {make } etc.) |
them for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
a prey | H961 | בִּזָּה |
[Noun Feminine] booty |
in the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
of captivity | H7633 | שִׁבְיָה |
[Noun Feminine] exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.