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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Psalms 51:7 - Purge
Psalms 51:7 - Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purge | H2398 | חָטָא |
[Verb] properly to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference to {forfeit} lack: {expiate} {repent } (causatively) lead {astray} condemn |
| me with hyssop | H231 | אֵזוֹב |
[Noun Masculine] hyssop |
| and I shall be clean | H2891 | טָהֵר |
[Verb] properly to be bright; that {is} (by implication) to be pure (physically {sound} clear: unadulterated; Levitically uncontaminated; morally innocent or holy) |
| wash | H3526 | כָּבַס |
[Verb] to trample; hence to wash (properly by stamping with the {feet}) whether literally (including the fulling process) or figuratively |
| me and I shall be whiter | H3835 | לָבַן |
[Verb] to be (or become) white; also (as denominative from H3843) to make bricks |
| than snow | 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.