Bible Verse Dictionary
Jeremiah 10:3 - Work
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
the customs | H2708 | חֻקָּה |
[Noun Feminine] Feminine of {H2706 } and meaning substantially the same |
of the people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
are vain | H1892 | הֶבֶל |
[Noun Masculine] emptiness or vanity; figuratively something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
one cutteth | H3772 | כָּרַת |
[Verb] to cut ({off} down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that {is} make an alliance or {bargain} originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) |
a tree | H6086 | עֵץ |
[Noun Masculine] a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks) |
out of the forest | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
the work | H4639 | מַעֲשֶׂה |
[Noun Masculine] an action (good or bad); generally a transaction; abstractly activity; by implication a product (specifically a poem) or (generally) property |
of the hands | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
of the workman | H2796 | חָרָשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] a fabricator of any material |
with the ax | H4621 | מַעֲצָד |
[Noun Masculine] an axe |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.