Bible Verse Dictionary
Ruth 1:1 - Famine
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Now 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) |
in the days | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
when the judges | H8199 | שָׁפַט |
[Verb] to {judge} that {is} pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate (literally or figuratively) |
ruled | H8199 | שָׁפַט |
[Verb] to {judge} that {is} pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate (literally or figuratively) |
that there was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
a famine | H7458 | רָעָב |
[Noun Masculine] hunger (more or less extensive) |
in the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
And a certain man | H376 | אִישׁ |
[Noun Masculine] a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.) |
of Bethlehemjudah went | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
to sojourn | H1481 | גּוּר |
[Verb] properly to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other {purpose}) that {is} sojourn (as a guest); also to {shrink} fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid) |
in the country | H7704 | שָׂדֶה |
[Noun Masculine] a field (as flat) |
of Moab | H4124 | מוֹאָב |
from (her (the mother´ s)) father; {Moab} an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants |
he | H1931 | הוּא |
[Pronoun] a primitive {word} the third person pronoun {singular} he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) {self} or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are |
and his wife | H802 | אִשָּׁה |
[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582). |
and his two | H8147 | שְׁנַיִם |
[Noun] the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
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.) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.