Bible Verse Dictionary
Isaiah 40:12 - Hills
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Who | H4310 | מִי |
also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix |
hath measured | H4058 | מָדַד |
[Verb] properly to stretch; by implication to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively to be extended |
the waters | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
in the hollow of his hand | H8168 | שֹׁעַל |
[Noun Masculine] the palm; by extension a handful |
and meted out | H8505 | תָּכַן |
[Verb] to {balance} that {is} measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to {arrange} {equalize } through the idea of levelling (mentally {estimate} test) |
heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
with the span | H2239 | זֶרֶת |
[Noun Feminine] the spread of the {fingers} that {is} a span |
and comprehended | H3557 | כּוּל |
[Verb] properly to keep in; hence to measure; figuratively to maintain (in various senses) |
the dust | H6083 | עָפָר |
[Noun Masculine] dust (as powdered or gray); hence {clay} {earth } mud |
of the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
in a measure | H7991 | שָׁלִישׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the third form used in |
and weighed | H8254 | שָׁקַל |
[Verb] to suspend or poise (especially in trade) |
the mountains | H2022 | הַר |
[Noun Masculine] a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) |
in scales | H6425 | פֶּלֶס |
[Noun Masculine] a balance |
and the hills | H1389 | גִּבְעָה |
[Noun Feminine] a hillock |
in a balance | H3976 | מֹאזֵן |
[Noun Masculine] (only in the dual) a pair of scales |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.