Bible Verse Dictionary
Isaiah 40:22 - Circle
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| It is he that sitteth | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
| upon | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| the circle | H2329 | חוּג |
[Noun Masculine] a circle |
| of the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
| and the inhabitants | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
| thereof are as grasshoppers | H2284 | חָגָב |
[Noun Masculine] a locust |
| that stretcheth out | H5186 | נָטָה |
[Verb] to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications |
| the heavens | 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) |
| as a curtain | H1852 | דֹּק |
[Noun Masculine] something {crumbling} that {is} fine (as a thin cloth) |
| and spreadeth them out | H5186 | נָטָה |
[Verb] to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications |
| as a tent | H168 | אֹהֶל |
[Noun Masculine] a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) |
| to dwell in | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.