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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Psalms 137:3 - Strange
Psalms 137:3 - For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
there | H8033 | שָׁם |
[Adverb] there (transfered to time) then; often {thither} or thence |
they that carried us away captive | H7617 | שָׁבָה |
[Verb] to transport into captivity |
required | H7592 | שָׁאַל |
[Verb] to inquire; by implication to request; by extension to demand |
of us a song | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
and they that wasted | H8437 | תּוֹלָל |
[Noun Masculine] causing to {howl} that {is} an oppressor |
us required | H7592 | שָׁאַל |
[Verb] to inquire; by implication to request; by extension to demand |
of us mirth | H8057 | שִׂמְחָה |
[Noun Feminine] blithesomeness or {glee} (religious or festival) |
saying Sing | H7891 | שִׁיר |
[Verb] a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing |
us one of the songs | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
of Zion | H6726 | צִיּוֹן |
[Proper Name Location] Tsijon (as a permanent {capital }) a mountain of Jerusalem |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.