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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Job 12:23 - Light
Job 12:23 - He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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He increaseth | H7679 | שָׂגָא |
[Verb] to {grow} that {is} (causatively) to {enlarge} (figuratively) laud |
the nations | H1471 | גּוֹי |
[Noun Masculine] a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
and destroyeth | H6 | אָבַד |
[Verb] properly to wander {away} that is lose oneself; by implication to perish ({causatively} destroy) |
them he enlargeth | H7849 | שָׁטַח |
[Verb] to expand |
the nations | H1471 | גּוֹי |
[Noun Masculine] a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
and straiteneth | H5148 | נָחָה |
[Verb] to guide; by implication to transport (into {exile} or as colonists) |
them again |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.