Bible Verse Dictionary
Jonah 4:6 - Shadow
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
God | 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 |
prepared | H4487 | מָנָה |
[Verb] properly to weigh out; by implication to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll |
a gourd | H7021 | קִיקָיוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] the gourd (as nauseous) |
and made it to come up | H5927 | עָלָה |
[Verb] to {ascend} intransitively (be high) or active (mount); used in a great variety of {senses} primary and {secondary} literally and figuratively |
over | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
Jonah | H3124 | יוֹנָה |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Jonah} an Israelite |
that it might be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
a shadow | H6738 | צֵל |
[Noun Masculine] {shade} whether literally or figuratively |
over | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
his head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
to deliver | H5337 | נָצַל |
[Verb] to snatch {away} whether in a good or a bad sense |
him from his grief | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
So Jonah | H3124 | יוֹנָה |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Jonah} an Israelite |
was | H8055 | שָׂמַח |
[Verb] probably to brighten {up} that {is} (figuratively) be (causatively make) blithe or gleesome |
exceeding glad | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
of | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the gourd | H7021 | קִיקָיוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] the gourd (as nauseous) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.