Bible Verse Dictionary
Jeremiah 27:17 - Serve
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Hearken | H8085 | שָׁמַע |
[Verb] to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.) |
not | H408 | אַל |
not (the qualified {negation} used as a deprecative); once ( |
unto | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
them serve | H5647 | עָבַד |
[Verb] to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc. |
the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
of Babylon | H894 | בָּבֶל |
[Proper Name Location] confusion; Babel (that {is} {Babylon}) including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire |
and live | H2421 | חָיָה |
[Verb] to {live} whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive |
wherefore | 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 |
should this | H2063 | זֹאת |
[Feminine] this (often used adverbially) |
city | 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) |
be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
laid waste | H2723 | חׇרְבָּה |
[Noun Feminine] properly {drought} that {is} (by implication) a desolation |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.