Bible Verse Dictionary
Hosea 6:6 - Desired
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 |
I desired | H2654 | חָפֵץ |
[Verb] properly to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively to be pleased {with} desire |
mercy | H2617 | חֵסֵד |
[Noun Masculine] kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) {reproof} or (subjectively) beauty |
and not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
sacrifice | H2077 | זֶבַח |
[Noun Masculine] properly a {slaughter} that {is} the flesh of an animal; by implication a sacrifice (the victim or the act) |
and the knowledge | H1847 | דַּעַת |
[Noun] knowledge |
of God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
more than burnt offerings | 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.