Bible Verse Dictionary
Jonah 4:8 - Wind
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And it came to pass | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
when the sun | H8121 | שֶׁמֶשׁ |
[Noun] the sun; by implication the east; figuratively a {ray} that {is} (architecturally) a notched battlement |
did arise | H2224 | זָרַח |
[Verb] properly to irradiate (or shoot forth {beams}) that {is} to rise (as the sun); specifically to appear (as a symptom of leprosy) |
that God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
prepared | H4487 | מָנָה |
[Verb] properly to weigh out; by implication to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll |
a vehement | H2759 | חֲרִישִׁי |
[Adjective] {quiet} that {is} sultry (as noun feminine the sirocco or hot east wind) |
east | H6921 | קָדִים |
[Noun Masculine] the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially {eastward} for brevity the East wind) |
wind | H7307 | רוּחַ |
[Noun Feminine] wind; by resemblance {breath} that {is} a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively {life} anger: unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance {spirit} but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) |
and the sun | H8121 | שֶׁמֶשׁ |
[Noun] the sun; by implication the east; figuratively a {ray} that {is} (architecturally) a notched battlement |
beat | H5221 | נָכָה |
[Verb] to strike (lightly or {severely} literally or figuratively) |
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 head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
of Jonah | H3124 | יוֹנָה |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Jonah} an Israelite |
that he fainted | H5968 | עָלַף |
[Verb] to veil or cover; figuratively to be languid |
and wished | H7592 | שָׁאַל |
[Verb] to inquire; by implication to request; by extension to demand |
in | H854 | אֵת |
[Preposition] properly nearness (used only as a preposition or {adverb}) near; hence generally {with} by: {at} {among } etc. |
himself | H5315 | נֶפֶשׁ |
[Noun Feminine] properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) |
to die | H4191 | מוּת |
[Verb] to die (literally or figuratively); causatively to kill |
and said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
It is better | H2896 | טוֹב |
[Adjective] good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a {noun} both in the masculine and the {feminine} the singular and the plural ({good } a good or good {thing} a good man or woman; the {good} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well) |
for me to die | H4191 | מוּת |
[Verb] to die (literally or figuratively); causatively to kill |
than to live | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.