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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Habakkuk 2:12 - City
Habakkuk 2:12 - Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Woe | H1945 | הוֹי |
[Interjection] oh! |
to him that buildeth | H1129 | בָּנָה |
[Verb] to build (literally and figuratively) |
a town | 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) |
with blood | H1818 | דָּם |
[Noun Masculine] blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (that {is} drops of blood) |
and stablisheth a city | H7151 | קִרְיָה |
[Noun Feminine] a city |
by iniquity | H5766 | עֶוֶל |
[Noun] (moral) evil |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.