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Isaiah 61:4 - Alien

Isaiah 61:4 - And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
And they shall build	H1129	בָּנָה	[Verb] to build (literally and figuratively)
the old	H5769	עוֹלָם	[Noun Masculine] properly {concealed} that {is} the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or {future}) that {is} (practically) eternity; frequentative adverbially (especially with prepositional prefix) always
wastes	H2723	חׇרְבָּה	[Noun Feminine] properly {drought} that {is} (by implication) a desolation
they shall raise up	H6965	קוּם	[Verb] to rise (in various {applications} {literally} {figuratively} intensively and causatively)
the former	H7223	רִאשׁוֹן	[Adjective] {first} in {place} time or rank (as adjective or noun)
desolations	H8074	שָׁמֵם	[Verb] to stun (or intransitively grow {numb }) that {is} devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
and they shall repair	H2318	חָדַשׁ	[Verb] to be new; causatively to rebuild
the waste	H2721	חֹרֶב	[Noun Masculine] drought or desolation
cities	H5892	עִיר	[Noun Masculine] From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
the desolations	H8074	שָׁמֵם	[Verb] to stun (or intransitively grow {numb }) that {is} devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
of many generations	H1755	דּוֹר	[Noun Masculine] properly a revolution of {time} that {is} an age or generation; also a dwelling

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.