Bible Verse Dictionary
Isaiah 59:9 - Light
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Therefore | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
is judgment far | H7368 | רָחַק |
[Verb] to widen (in any {direction}) that {is} (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or {figuratively} of place or relation) |
from | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
us neither | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
doth justice | H6666 | צְדָקָה |
[Noun Feminine] rightness ({abstractly}) subjectively ({rectitude }) objectively ({justice }) morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) |
overtake | H5381 | נָשַׂג |
[Verb] to reach (literally or figuratively) |
us we wait | H6960 | קָוָה |
[Verb] to bind together (perhaps by {twisting }) that {is} collect; (figuratively) to expect |
for light | H216 | אוֹר |
[Noun Feminine] illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every {sense} including {lightning} {happiness } etc.) |
but behold | H2009 | הִנֵּה |
lo! |
obscurity | H2822 | חֹשֶׁךְ |
[Noun Masculine] the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively {misery} destruction: {death} ignorance: {sorrow} wickedness |
for brightness | H5054 | נְגֹהָה |
[Noun Feminine] splendor |
but we walk | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
in darkness | H653 | אֲפֵלָה |
[Noun Feminine] {duskiness} figuratively misfortune; concretely concealment |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.