Bible Verse Dictionary
Nehemiah 1:5 - Heaven
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
I beseech | H577 | אָנָּא | [Interjection] |
thee O LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
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 |
of heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
the great | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
and terrible | H3372 | יָרֵא |
[Verb] to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten |
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 |
that keepeth | H8104 | שָׁמַר |
[Verb] properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc. |
covenant | H1285 | בְּרִית |
[Noun Feminine] a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) |
and mercy | H2617 | חֵסֵד |
[Noun Masculine] kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) {reproof} or (subjectively) beauty |
for them that love | H157 | אָהַב |
[Verb] to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) |
him and observe | H8104 | שָׁמַר |
[Verb] properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc. |
his commandments | H4687 | מִצְוָה |
[Noun Feminine] a {command} whether human or divine (collectively the Law) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.