Bible Verse Dictionary
Lamentations 4:7 - Streets
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Her Nazarites | H5139 | נָזִיר |
[Noun Masculine] {separate} that {is} consecrated (as {prince} a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite). (The {translation} {Nazarite } is by a false alliteration with Nazareth.) |
were purer | H2141 | זָכַךְ |
[Verb] to be transparent or clean (physically or morally) |
than snow | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
they were whiter | H6705 | צָחַח |
[Verb] to {glare} that {is} be dazzling white |
than milk | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
they were more ruddy | H119 | אָדַם |
[Verb] To show blood (in the {face}) that {is} flush or turn rosy |
in body | H6106 | עֶצֶם |
[Noun Feminine] a bone (as strong); by extension the body; figuratively the {substance} that {is} (as pronoun) selfsame |
than rubies | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
their polishing | H1508 | גִּזְרָה |
[Noun Feminine] the figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated) |
was of sapphire | H5601 | סַפִּיר |
[Noun Masculine] a gem (perhaps as used for scratching other {substances}) probably the sapphire |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.