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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Job 17:12 - Night
Job 17:12 - They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| They change | H7760 | שׂוּם |
[Verb] to put (used in a great variety of {applications} {literally} {figuratively} inferentially and elliptically) |
| the night | H3915 | לַיִל |
[Noun Masculine] properly a twist (away of the {light}) that {is} night; figuratively adversity |
| into day | 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 light | H216 | אוֹר |
[Noun Feminine] illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every {sense} including {lightning} {happiness } etc.) |
| is short | H7138 | קָרוֹב |
[Adjective] near (in {place} kindred or time) |
| because | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| of darkness | H2822 | חֹשֶׁךְ |
[Noun Masculine] the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively {misery} destruction: {death} ignorance: {sorrow} wickedness |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.