Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 8:3 - Abated
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And the waters | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
| returned | 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 off | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
| continually | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
| and after the end | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| of the hundred | H3967 | מֵאָה |
[Noun Feminine] a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction |
| and fifty | H2572 | חֲמִשִּׁים |
[Noun] fifty |
| 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) |
| the waters | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
| were abated | H2637 | חָסֵר |
[Verb] to lack; by implication to {fail} {want } lessen |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.