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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Job 4:17 - Man
Job 4:17 - Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Shall mortal man | H582 | אֱנוֹשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] properly a mortal (and thus differeing from the more dignified H120); hence a man in general (singly or collectively). It is often unexpressed in the English {Version} especially when used in apposition with another word |
be more just than God | H6663 | צָדַק |
[Verb] to be (causatively make) right (in a moral or forensic sense) |
shall a man | H582 | אֱנוֹשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] properly a mortal (and thus differeing from the more dignified H120); hence a man in general (singly or collectively). It is often unexpressed in the English {Version} especially when used in apposition with another word |
be more pure | H2891 | טָהֵר |
[Verb] properly to be bright; that {is} (by implication) to be pure (physically {sound} clear: unadulterated; Levitically uncontaminated; morally innocent or holy) |
than his maker | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.