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Nahum 3:15 - Many

Nahum 3:15 - There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
There	H8033	שָׁם	[Adverb] there (transfered to time) then; often {thither} or thence
shall the fire	H784	אֵשׁ	[Noun Feminine] fire (literally or figuratively)
devour	H398	אָכַל	[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively)
thee the sword	H2719	חֶרֶב	[Noun Feminine] drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive {effect}) as a {knife} {sword } or other sharp implement
shall cut thee off	H3772	כָּרַת	[Verb] to cut ({off} down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that {is} make an alliance or {bargain} originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
it shall eat thee up	H398	אָכַל	[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively)
like the cankerworm	H3218	יֶלֶק	[Noun Masculine] a devourer; specifically the young locust
make thyself many	H3513	כָּבַד	[Verb] to be {heavy} that {is} in a bad sense ({burdensome } severe: dull) or in a good sense ({numerous } rich: honorable); causatively to make weighty (in the same two senses)
as the cankerworm	H3218	יֶלֶק	[Noun Masculine] a devourer; specifically the young locust
make thyself many	H3513	כָּבַד	[Verb] to be {heavy} that {is} in a bad sense ({burdensome } severe: dull) or in a good sense ({numerous } rich: honorable); causatively to make weighty (in the same two senses)
as the locusts	H697	אַרְבֶּה	[Noun Masculine] a locust (from its rapid increase)

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.