Bible Verse Dictionary
Malachi 2:6 - Law
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The law | H8451 | תּוֹרָה |
[Noun Feminine] a precept or {statute} especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch |
of truth | H571 | אֶמֶת |
[Noun Feminine] stability; figuratively {certainty} {truth } trustworthiness |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
in his mouth | H6310 | פֶּה |
[Noun Masculine] the mouth (as the means of {blowing }) whether literally or figuratively (particularly speech); specifically {edge} portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to |
and iniquity | H5766 | עֶוֶל |
[Noun] (moral) evil |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
found | H4672 | מָצָא |
[Verb] properly to come forth {to} that {is} appear or exist; transitively to {attain} that {is} find or acquire; figuratively to {occur} meet or be present |
in his lips | H8193 | שָׂפָה |
[Noun Feminine] Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a {vessel} {water} {cloth} etc.) |
he walked | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
with | H854 | אֵת |
[Preposition] properly nearness (used only as a preposition or {adverb}) near; hence generally {with} by: {at} {among } etc. |
me in peace | H7965 | שָׁלוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] {safe} that {is} (figuratively) {well} happy: friendly; also (abstractly) {welfare} that {is} {health} {prosperity} peace |
and equity | H4334 | מִישׁוֹר |
[Noun Masculine] a {level} that {is} a plain (often used (with the article prefixed) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively concord; also {straightness} that {is} (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially justly) |
and did turn many away | H7725 | שׁוּב |
[Verb] to turn back ({hence} away) transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again |
from iniquity | H5766 | עֶוֶל |
[Noun] (moral) evil |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.