Bible Verse Dictionary
Amos 1:11 - Pursue
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Thus | H3541 | כֹּה |
properly like {this} that {is} by implication (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now |
saith | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
For | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
three | H7969 | שָׁלוֹשׁ |
[Noun] a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) {third} or (multiplicative) thrice |
transgressions | H6588 | פֶּשַׁע |
[Noun Masculine] a revolt ({national} moral or religious) |
of Edom | H123 | אֱדֹם |
[Proper Name Masculine] red (see |
and for | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
four | H702 | אַרְבַּע |
from H7251; four |
I will not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
turn away | H7725 | שׁוּב |
[Verb] to turn back ({hence} away) transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again |
the punishment thereof because | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
he did pursue | H7291 | רָדַף |
[Verb] to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) |
his brother | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
with the sword | H2719 | חֶרֶב |
[Noun Feminine] drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive {effect}) as a {knife} {sword } or other sharp implement |
and did cast off | H7843 | שָׁחַת |
[Verb] to {decay} that {is} (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) |
all pity | H7356 | רַחַם |
[Noun Masculine] compassion (in the plural); by extension the womb (as cherishing the foetus); by implication a maiden |
and his anger | H639 | אַף |
[Noun Masculine] properly the nose or nostril; hence the {face} and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire |
did tear | H2963 | טָרַף |
[Verb] to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels) |
perpetually | H5703 | עַד |
[Noun Masculine] properly a (peremptory) {terminus} that {is} (by implication) {duration} in the sense of perpetuity (substantially as a {noun} either with or without a preposition) |
and he kept | H8104 | שָׁמַר |
[Verb] properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc. |
his wrath | H5678 | עֶבְרָה |
[Noun Feminine] an outburst of passion |
for | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
ever |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.