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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Hosea 4:16 - Feed
Hosea 4:16 - For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
slideth back | H5637 | סָרַר |
[Verb] to turn {away} that {is} (morally) be refractory |
as a backsliding | H5637 | סָרַר |
[Verb] to turn {away} that {is} (morally) be refractory |
heifer | H6510 | פָּרָה |
[Noun Feminine] a heifer |
now | H6258 | עַתָּה |
[Adverb] at this {time} whether {adverbial} conjugational or expletive |
the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
will feed | H7462 | רָעָה |
[Verb] to tend a {flock} that {is} pasture it; intransitively to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension to associate with (as a friend) |
them as a lamb | H3532 | כֶּבֶשׂ |
[Noun Masculine] a ram (just old enough to butt) |
in a large place | H4800 | מֶרְחָב |
[Noun Masculine] {enlargement} either literally (an open {space} usually in a good {sense}) or figuratively (liberty) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.