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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Isaiah 28:20 - Gibeon
Isaiah 28:20 - For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
| the bed | H4702 | מַצָּע |
[Noun Masculine] a couch |
| is shorter | H7114 | קָצַר |
[Verb] to dock {off} that {is} curtail (transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively); especially to harvest (grass or grain) |
| than that a man can stretch himself | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| on it and the covering | H4541 | מַסֵּכָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly a pouring {over} that {is} fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication a {libation} that {is} league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out) |
| narrower | H6887 | צָרַר |
[Verb] to {cramp} literally or {figuratively} transitively or intransitively |
| than that he can wrap himself | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| in it |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.