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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Jeremiah 17:9 - Out
Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The heart | H3820 | לֵב |
[Noun Masculine] the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the {feelings} the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything |
| is deceitful | H6121 | עָקֹב |
[Adjective] in the original {sense} a knoll (as swelling up); in the denominative sense (transitively) fraudulent or (intransitively) tracked |
| above all | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| things and desperately wicked | H605 | אָנַשׁ |
[Verb] to be {frail} {feeble } or (figuratively) melancholy |
| who | H4310 | מִי |
also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix |
| can know | H3045 | יָדַע |
[Verb] to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of {senses} {figuratively} {literally} euphemistically and inferentially (including {observation} care: recognition; and causatively {instruction} designation: {punishment} etc.) |
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.