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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Jeremiah 3:9 - Stones
Jeremiah 3:9 - And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And it came to pass | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
through the lightness | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
of her whoredom | H2184 | זְנוּת |
[Noun Feminine] {adultery} that {is} (figuratively) {infidelity} idolatry |
that she defiled | H2610 | חָנֵף |
[Verb] to {soil} especially in a moral sense |
the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
and committed adultery | H5003 | נָאַף |
[Verb] to commit adultery; figuratively to apostatize |
with | H854 | אֵת |
[Preposition] properly nearness (used only as a preposition or {adverb}) near; hence generally {with} by: {at} {among } etc. |
stones | H68 | אֶבֶן |
[Noun Feminine] a stone |
and with | H854 | אֵת |
[Preposition] properly nearness (used only as a preposition or {adverb}) near; hence generally {with} by: {at} {among } etc. |
stocks | H6086 | עֵץ |
[Noun Masculine] a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.