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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Job 28:3 - Death
Job 28:3 - He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| He setteth | H7760 | שׂוּם |
[Verb] to put (used in a great variety of {applications} {literally} {figuratively} inferentially and elliptically) |
| an end | H7093 | קֵץ |
[Noun Masculine] an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after |
| to darkness | H2822 | חֹשֶׁךְ |
[Noun Masculine] the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively {misery} destruction: {death} ignorance: {sorrow} wickedness |
| and searcheth out | H2713 | חָקַר |
[Verb] properly to penetrate; hence to examine intimately |
| all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
| perfection | H8503 | תַּכְלִית |
[Noun Feminine] completion; by implication an extremity |
| the stones | H68 | אֶבֶן |
[Noun Feminine] a stone |
| of darkness | H2822 | חֹשֶׁךְ |
[Noun Masculine] the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively {misery} destruction: {death} ignorance: {sorrow} wickedness |
| and the shadow of death | H6757 | צַלְמָוֶת |
[Noun Masculine] shade of {death} that {is} the grave (figuratively calamity) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.