Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 28:17 - Place
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And he was afraid | H3372 | יָרֵא |
[Verb] to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten |
and said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
How | H4100 | מָה |
properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses |
dreadful | H3372 | יָרֵא |
[Verb] to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten |
is this | H2088 | זֶה |
the masculine demonstrative {pronoun} this or that |
place | H4725 | מָקוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] properly a {standing} that {is} a spot; but used widely of a locality (generally or specifically); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind) |
this | H2088 | זֶה |
the masculine demonstrative {pronoun} this or that |
is none | H369 | אַיִן |
[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle |
other but | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
the house | H1004 | בַּיִת |
[Noun Masculine] a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.) |
of God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
and this | H2088 | זֶה |
the masculine demonstrative {pronoun} this or that |
is the gate | H8179 | שַׁעַר |
[Noun Masculine] an {opening} that {is} door or gate |
of heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.