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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Joel 1:8 - Youth
Joel 1:8 - Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lament | H421 | אָלָה |
[Verb] to bewail |
| like a virgin | H1330 | בְּתוּלָה |
[Noun Feminine] a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state |
| girded | H2296 | חָגַר |
[Verb] to gird on (as a {belt} {armor} etc.) |
| with sackcloth | H8242 | שַׂק |
[Noun Masculine] properly a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run {through}) that {is} coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence a bag (for {grain} etc.) |
| for | 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 husband | H1167 | בַּעַל |
[Noun Masculine] a master; hence a {husband} or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense |
| of her youth | H5271 | נָעוּר |
[Noun Feminine] (only in plural collectively or emphatically) {youth} the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.