Bible Verse Dictionary
1 Chronicles 16:31 - Heavens
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Let the heavens | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
be glad | H8055 | שָׂמַח |
[Verb] probably to brighten {up} that {is} (figuratively) be (causatively make) blithe or gleesome |
and let the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
rejoice | H1523 | גִּיל |
[Verb] properly to spin around (under the influence of any violent {emotion}) that {is} usually {rejoice} or (as cringing) fear |
and let men say | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
among the nations | H1471 | גּוֹי |
[Noun Masculine] a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
The LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
reigneth | H4427 | מָלַךְ |
[Verb] to reign; inceptively to ascend the throne; causatively to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.