Bible Verse Dictionary
Zephaniah 2:8 - Gomorrah
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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I have heard | H8085 | שָׁמַע |
[Verb] to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.) |
the reproach | H2781 | חֶרְפָּה |
[Noun Feminine] {contumely} {disgrace } the pudenda |
of Moab | H4124 | מוֹאָב |
from (her (the mother´ s)) father; {Moab} an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants |
and the revilings | H1421 | גִּדּוּף |
[Noun Masculine] vilification |
of the children | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
of Ammon | H5983 | עַמּוֹן |
[Proper Name Masculine] {tribal} that {is} inbred; {Ammon} a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country |
whereby | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
they have reproached | H2778 | חָרַף |
[Verb] to pull {off} that {is} (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively to carp {at} that {is} defame; denominatively (from H2779) to spend the winter |
my people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
and magnified | H1431 | גָּדַל |
[Verb] properly to twist (compare {H1434 }) that {is} to be (causatively make) large (in various {senses} as in {body} {mind} estate or {honor} also in pride) |
themselves against | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
their border | H1366 | גְּבוּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly a cord (as {twisted }) that {is} (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.