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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Micah 1:8 - Therefore
Micah 1:8 - Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| I will wail | H5594 | סָפַד |
[Verb] properly to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication to wail |
| and howl | H3213 | יָלַל |
[Verb] to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one) |
| I will go | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
| stripped | H7758 | שׁוֹלָל |
[Adjective] from H7997; nude (especially bare foot); by implication captive |
| and naked | H6174 | עָרוֹם |
[Adjective] {nude} either partially or totally |
| I will make | H6213 | עָשָׂה |
[Verb] to do or {make} in the broadest sense and widest application |
| a wailing | H4553 | מִסְפֵּד |
[Noun Masculine] a lamentation |
| like the dragons | H8568 | תַּנָּה |
[Noun Masculine] a female jackal |
| and mourning | H60 | אֵבֶל |
[Noun Masculine] lamentation |
| as the owls | H1323 | בַּת |
[Noun Feminine] a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of {relationship} literally and figuratively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.