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Nahum 3:4 - Slain

Nahum 3:4 - Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
Because of the multitude	H4480	מִן	[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses
of the whoredoms	H2183	זָנוּן	[Noun Masculine] adultery; figuratively idolatry
of the wellfavoured harlot	H2181	זָנָה	[Verb] to commit adultery (usually of the {female} and less often of simple {forniciation} rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
the mistress	H1172	בַּעֲלָה	[Noun Feminine] a mistress
of witchcrafts	H3785	כֶּשֶׁף	[Noun Masculine] magic
that selleth	H4376	מָכַר	[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender)
nations	H1471	גּוֹי	[Noun Masculine] a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts
through her whoredoms	H2183	זָנוּן	[Noun Masculine] adultery; figuratively idolatry
and families	H4940	מִשְׁפָּחָה	[Noun Feminine] a {family} that {is} circle of relatives; figuratively a class (of {persons}) a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
through her witchcrafts	H3785	כֶּשֶׁף	[Noun Masculine] magic

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.