Bible Verse Dictionary
Lamentations 4:12 - Inhabitants
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The kings | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
of the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
and all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
the inhabitants | 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 |
of the world | H8398 | תֵּבֵל |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension the globe; by implication its inhabitants; specifically a particular {land} as Babylonia or Palestine |
would not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
have believed | H539 | אָמַן |
[Verb] properly to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or {faithful} to trust or {believe} to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (in |
that | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
the adversary | H6862 | צַר |
[Adjective] narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually {figuratively} that {is} trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitively) an opponent (as crowding) |
and the enemy | H341 | אֹיֵב |
hating; an adversary |
should have entered | H935 | בּוֹא |
[Verb] to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
into the gates | H8179 | שַׁעַר |
[Noun Masculine] an {opening} that {is} door or gate |
of Jerusalem | H3389 | יְרוּשָׁלַיִם |
[Proper Name Location] probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 and H7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or {Jerushalem} the capital city of Palestine |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.