Bible Verse Dictionary
Nehemiah 2:3 - Gates
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
unto the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
Let the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
live | H2421 | חָיָה |
[Verb] to {live} whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive |
for ever why | H4069 | מַדּוּעַ |
[Adverb] what (is) known ?; that {is} (by {implication}) (adverbially) why? |
should not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
my countenance | H6440 | פָּנִים |
[Noun Masculine] from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ({before } etc.) |
be sad | H7489 | רָעַע |
[Verb] properly to spoil (literally by breaking to pieces); figuratively to make (or be) good for {nothing} that {is} bad ({physically} socially or morally). (associate selves and show self friendly are by mistake for H7462.) |
when | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
the city | H5892 | עִיר |
[Noun Masculine] From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
the place | H1004 | בַּיִת |
[Noun Masculine] a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.) |
of my fathers' sepulchres | H6913 | קֶבֶר |
[Noun Masculine] a sepulchre |
lieth waste | H2720 | חָרֵב |
[Adjective] parched or ruined |
and the gates | H8179 | שַׁעַר |
[Noun Masculine] an {opening} that {is} door or gate |
thereof are consumed | H398 | אָכַל |
[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively) |
with fire | H784 | אֵשׁ |
[Noun Feminine] fire (literally or figuratively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.