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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Psalms 105:16 - Bread
Psalms 105:16 - Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moreover he called for | H7121 | קָרָא |
[Verb] to call out to (that {is} properly address by {name} but used in a wide variety of applications) |
| a famine | H7458 | רָעָב |
[Noun Masculine] hunger (more or less extensive) |
| upon | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
| he brake | H7665 | שָׁבַר |
[Verb] to burst (literally or figuratively) |
| the whole | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
| staff | H4294 | מַטֶּה |
[Noun Masculine] a branch (as extending); figuratively a tribe; also a {rod} whether for chastising (figuratively {correction }) ruling (a {sceptre }) throwing (a {lance }) or walking (a staff; figuratively a support of {life} for example bread) |
| of bread | H3899 | לֶחֶם |
[Noun Masculine] food (for man or {beast}) especially {bread} or grain (for making it) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.