Bible Verse Dictionary
Jeremiah 23:12 - Wherefore
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Wherefore | H3651 | כֵּן |
[Adverb] properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to {manner} time and relation; often with other particles) |
their way | H1870 | דֶּרֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially |
shall be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
unto them as slippery | H2519 | חֲלַקְלַקָּה |
[Noun Feminine] properly something very smooth; that {is} a treacherous spot; figuratively blandishment |
ways in the darkness | H653 | אֲפֵלָה |
[Noun Feminine] {duskiness} figuratively misfortune; concretely concealment |
they shall be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
driven on | H1760 | דָּחָה |
[Verb] to push down |
and fall | H5307 | נָפַל |
[Verb] to {fall} in a great variety of applications (intransitively or {causatively} literally or figuratively) |
therein for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
I will bring | H935 | בּוֹא |
[Verb] to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
evil | H7451 | רַע |
[Adjective] bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun |
upon | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
them even the year | H8141 | שָׁנֶה |
[Noun Feminine] from H8138; a year (as a revolution of time) |
of their visitation | H6486 | פְּקֻדָּה |
[Noun Feminine] visitation (in many {senses} chiefly official) |
saith | H5002 | נְאֻם |
[Noun Masculine] an oracle |
the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.