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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Isaiah 34:9 - Dust
Isaiah 34:9 - And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And the streams | H5158 | נַחַל |
[Noun Masculine] a {stream} especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) |
| thereof shall be turned | H2015 | הָפַךְ |
[Verb] to turn about or over; by implication to {change} overturn: {return} pervert |
| into pitch | H2203 | זֶפֶת |
[Noun Feminine] asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun) |
| and the dust | H6083 | עָפָר |
[Noun Masculine] dust (as powdered or gray); hence {clay} {earth } mud |
| thereof into brimstone | H1614 | גׇּפְרִית |
[Noun Feminine] properly cypress resin; by analogy sulphur (as equally inflammable) |
| and the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
| thereof shall become | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
| burning | H1197 | בָּעַר |
[Verb] to {kindle} that {is} consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative from H1198) to be (become) brutish |
| pitch | H2203 | זֶפֶת |
[Noun Feminine] asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.