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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Nahum 3:4 - Harlot
Nahum 3:4 - Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Because of the multitude | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| of the whoredoms | H2183 | זָנוּן |
[Noun Masculine] adultery; figuratively idolatry |
| of the wellfavoured harlot | H2181 | זָנָה |
[Verb] to commit adultery (usually of the {female} and less often of simple {forniciation} rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah) |
| the mistress | H1172 | בַּעֲלָה |
[Noun Feminine] a mistress |
| of witchcrafts | H3785 | כֶּשֶׁף |
[Noun Masculine] magic |
| that selleth | H4376 | מָכַר |
[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender) |
| nations | H1471 | גּוֹי |
[Noun Masculine] a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
| through her whoredoms | H2183 | זָנוּן |
[Noun Masculine] adultery; figuratively idolatry |
| and families | H4940 | מִשְׁפָּחָה |
[Noun Feminine] a {family} that {is} circle of relatives; figuratively a class (of {persons}) a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people |
| through her witchcrafts | H3785 | כֶּשֶׁף |
[Noun Masculine] magic |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.