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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Job 11:20 - Fail
Job 11:20 - But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| But the eyes | H5869 | עַיִן |
[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| of the wicked | H7563 | רָשָׁע |
[Adjective] morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person |
| shall fail | H3615 | כָּלָה |
[Verb] to {end} whether intransitively (to {cease} be {finished} perish) or transitively (to {complete} {prepare } consume) |
| and they shall not escape | H4498 | מָנוֹס |
[Noun Masculine] a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly a fleeing |
| and their hope | H8615 | תִּקְוָה |
[Noun Feminine] literally a cord (as an attachment (compare H6961)); figuratively expectancy |
| shall be as the giving up | H4646 | מַפָּח |
[Noun Masculine] a breathing out (of {life}) that {is} expiring |
| of the ghost | 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) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.