Bible Verse Dictionary
Jeremiah 15:3 - Fowls
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And I will appoint | H6485 | פָּקַד |
[Verb] to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy to {oversee} muster: {charge} care {for} miss: {deposit} etc. |
over | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
them four | H702 | אַרְבַּע |
from H7251; four |
kinds | 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 |
saith | H5002 | נְאֻם |
[Noun Masculine] an oracle |
the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
the sword | H2719 | חֶרֶב |
[Noun Feminine] drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive {effect}) as a {knife} {sword } or other sharp implement |
to slay | H2026 | הָרַג |
[Verb] to smite with deadly intent |
and the dogs | H3611 | כֶּלֶב |
[Noun Masculine] a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute |
to tear | H5498 | סָחַב |
[Verb] to trail along |
and the fowls | H5775 | עוֹף |
[Noun Masculine] a bird (as covered with {feathers} or rather as covering with {wings}) often collective |
of the 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) |
and the beasts | H929 | בְּהֵמָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collectively) |
of the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
to devour | H398 | אָכַל |
[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively) |
and destroy | H7843 | שָׁחַת |
[Verb] to {decay} that {is} (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.