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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Lamentations 3:24 - Hope
Lamentations 3:24 - The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
is my portion | H2506 | חֵלֶק |
[Noun Masculine] properly smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment |
saith | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
my 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) |
therefore | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
will I hope | H3176 | יָחַל |
[Verb] to wait; by implication to be {patient} hope |
in him |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.