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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Jeremiah 51:37 - Place
Jeremiah 51:37 - And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And Babylon | H894 | בָּבֶל |
[Proper Name Location] confusion; Babel (that {is} {Babylon}) including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire |
shall become | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
heaps | H1530 | גַּל |
[Noun Masculine] something {rolled} that {is} a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins); by analogy a spring of water (plural waves) |
a dwellingplace for dragons | H8577 | תַּנִּין |
[Noun Masculine] intensive from the same as H8565; a marine or land {monster} that {is} sea serpent or jackal |
an astonishment | H8047 | שַׁמָּה |
[Noun Feminine] ruin; by implication consternation |
and an hissing | H8322 | שְׁרֵקָה |
[Noun Feminine] a derision |
without | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
an inhabitant | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.