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Habakkuk 3:14 - Poor

Habakkuk 3:14 - Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
Thou didst strike through	H5344	נָקַב	[Verb] to {puncture} literally (to {perforate} with more or less violence) or figuratively (to {specify} {designate } libel)
with his staves	H4294	מַטֶּה	[Noun Masculine] a branch (as extending); figuratively a tribe; also a {rod} whether for chastising (figuratively {correction }) ruling (a {sceptre }) throwing (a {lance }) or walking (a staff; figuratively a support of {life} for example bread)
the head	H7218	רֹאשׁ	[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.)
of his villages	H6518	פָּרָז	[Noun Masculine] a chieftain
they came out as	H3644	כְּמוֹ	[Adverb] {as} {thus } so
a whirlwind	H5590	סָעַר	[Verb] to rush upon; by implication to toss (transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively)
to scatter	H6327	פּוּץ	[Verb] to dash in {pieces} literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
me their rejoicing	H5951	עֲלִיצוּת	[Noun Feminine] exultation
was as	H3644	כְּמוֹ	[Adverb] {as} {thus } so
to devour	H398	אָכַל	[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively)
the poor	H6041	עָנִי	[Adjective] {depressed} in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035 subjectively and H6041 objectively)
secretly	H4565	מִסְתָּר	[Noun Masculine] properly a {concealer} that {is} a covert

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