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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 10:18 - Hands
Ecclesiastes 10:18 - By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By much slothfulness | H6103 | עַצְלָה |
[Noun Feminine] (as abstraction) indolence |
| the building | H4746 | מְקָרֶה |
[Noun Masculine] properly something {meeting} that {is} a frame (of timbers) |
| decayeth | H4355 | מָכַךְ |
[Verb] to tumble (in ruins); figuratively to perish |
| and through | H1811 | דָּלַף |
[Verb] to drip; by implication to weep |
| idleness | H8220 | שִׁפְלוּת |
[Noun Feminine] remissness |
| of the hands | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
| the house | H1004 | בַּיִת |
[Noun Masculine] a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.) |
| droppeth through | H1811 | דָּלַף |
[Verb] to drip; by implication to weep |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.