Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 9:14 - Against
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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There was a little | H6996 | קָטָן |
[Adjective] {abbreviated} that {is} {diminutive } literally (in {quantity} size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) |
city | H5892 | עִיר |
[Noun Masculine] From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
and few | H4592 | מְעַט |
a little or few (often adverbial or comparative) |
men | H376 | אִישׁ |
[Noun Masculine] a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.) |
within it and there came | H935 | בּוֹא |
[Verb] to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
a great | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
against | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
it and besieged | H5437 | סָבַב |
[Verb] to {revolve} surround or border; used in various {applications} literally and figuratively |
it and built | H1129 | בָּנָה |
[Verb] to build (literally and figuratively) |
great | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
bulwarks | H4685 | מָצוֹד |
[Noun Masculine] a net (for capturing animals or fishes); also (by interchange for H4679) a fastness or (besieging) tower |
against | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
it |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.