Bible Verse Dictionary
Lamentations 4:2 - How
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The precious | H3368 | יָקָר |
[Adjective] valuable (objectively or subjectively) |
sons | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
of Zion | H6726 | צִיּוֹן |
[Proper Name Location] Tsijon (as a permanent {capital }) a mountain of Jerusalem |
comparable | H5537 | סָלָא |
[Verb] to suspend in a {balance} that {is} weigh |
to fine gold | H6337 | פָּז |
[Noun Masculine] pure (gold); hence gold itself (as refined) |
how | H349 | אֵיךְ |
how ? or how !; also where |
are they esteemed | H2803 | חָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to plait or {interpenetrate} that {is} (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to {think} regard: {value} compute |
as earthen | H2789 | חֶרֶשׂ |
[Noun Masculine] a piece of pottery |
pitchers | H5035 | נֶבֶל |
[Noun Masculine] a skin bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); {hence} a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form) |
the work | H4639 | מַעֲשֶׂה |
[Noun Masculine] an action (good or bad); generally a transaction; abstractly activity; by implication a product (specifically a poem) or (generally) property |
of the hands | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
of the potter | H3335 | יָצַר |
[Verb] (compare H3331); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively to determine (that {is} form a resolution) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.