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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Deuteronomy 7:17 - Say
Deuteronomy 7:17 - If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| If | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
| thou shalt say | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
| in thine heart | H3824 | לֵבָב |
[Noun Masculine] the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like H3820 |
| These | H428 | אֵלֶּה |
these or those |
| nations | H1471 | גּוֹי |
[Noun Masculine] a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
| are more | H7227 | רַב |
[Adjective] abundant (in {quantity} {size} {age} {number} {rank} quality) |
| than | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| I how | H349 | אֵיךְ |
how ? or how !; also where |
| can | H3201 | יָכֹל |
[Verb] to be {able} literally ({can } could) or morally ({may } might) |
| I dispossess | H3423 | יָרַשׁ |
[Verb] to occupy (be driving out previous {tenants} and possessing in their place); by implication to {seize} to {rob} to inherit; also to {expel} to {impoverish} to ruin |
| them |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.