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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Job 24:16 - Portion
Job 24:16 - In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the dark | H2822 | חֹשֶׁךְ |
[Noun Masculine] the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively {misery} destruction: {death} ignorance: {sorrow} wickedness |
| they dig through | H2864 | חָתַר |
[Verb] to force a {passage} as by burglary; figuratively with oars |
| houses | H1004 | בַּיִת |
[Noun Masculine] a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.) |
| which they had marked | H2856 | חָתַם |
[Verb] to close up; especially to seal |
| for themselves in the daytime | H3119 | יוֹמָם |
[Adverb] daily |
| they know | H3045 | יָדַע |
[Verb] to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of {senses} {figuratively} {literally} euphemistically and inferentially (including {observation} care: recognition; and causatively {instruction} designation: {punishment} etc.) |
| not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
| the light | H216 | אוֹר |
[Noun Feminine] illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every {sense} including {lightning} {happiness } etc.) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.