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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Jonah 2:5 - Depth
Jonah 2:5 - The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The waters | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
compassed me about | H661 | אָפַף |
[Verb] to surround |
even to | H5704 | עַד |
[Preposition] especially with a preposition); as far (or {long} or much) {as} whether of space (even unto) or time ({during } while: until) or degree (equally with) |
the soul | H5315 | נֶפֶשׁ |
[Noun Feminine] properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) |
the depth | H8415 | תְּהוֹם |
[Noun] an abyss (as a surging mass of {water}) especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water supply) |
closed me round about | H661 | אָפַף |
[Verb] to surround |
the weeds | H5488 | סוּף |
[Noun Masculine] a {reed} especially the papyrus |
were wrapped | H2280 | חָבַשׁ |
[Verb] to wrap firmly (especially a {turban} {compress} or saddle); figuratively to {stop} to rule |
about | H661 | אָפַף |
[Verb] to surround |
my head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.