Bible Verse Dictionary
Jonah 3:3 - Nineveh
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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So Jonah | H3124 | יוֹנָה |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Jonah} an Israelite |
arose | H6965 | קוּם |
[Verb] to rise (in various {applications} {literally} {figuratively} intensively and causatively) |
and went | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
unto | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
Nineveh | H5210 | נִינְוֵה |
[Proper Name Location] {Nineveh} the capital of Assyria |
according to the word | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
of the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
Now Nineveh | H5210 | נִינְוֵה |
[Proper Name Location] {Nineveh} the capital of Assyria |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
an exceeding | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
great | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
city | H5892 | עִיר |
[Noun Masculine] From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
of three | H7969 | שָׁלוֹשׁ |
[Noun] a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) {third} or (multiplicative) thrice |
days' journey | H4109 | מַהֲלָךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a {walk} that {is} a passage or a distance |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.