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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Hosea 8:9 - Assyria
Hosea 8:9 - For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
they | H1992 | הֵם |
[Masculine] they (only used when emphatic) |
are gone up | H5927 | עָלָה |
[Verb] to {ascend} intransitively (be high) or active (mount); used in a great variety of {senses} primary and {secondary} literally and figuratively |
to Assyria | H804 | אַשּׁוּר |
{Ashshur} the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (that {is} {Assyria}) its region and its empire |
a wild ass | H6501 | פֶּרֶא |
[Noun Masculine] the onager |
alone | H909 | בָּדַד |
[Verb] to {divide} that {is} (reflexively) be solitary |
by himself Ephraim | H669 | אֶפְרַיִם |
[Proper Name Masculine] double fruit; {Ephrajim} a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from {him} and its territory |
hath hired | H8566 | תָּנָה |
[Verb] to present (a mercenary {inducement}) that {is} bargain with (a harlot) |
lovers | H158 | אַהַב |
[Noun Masculine] affection (in a good or a bad sense) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.