Bible Verse Dictionary
Lamentations 4:17 - Watched
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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As for | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
us our eyes | H5869 | עַיִן |
[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
as yet | H5750 | עוֹד |
[Substitution] properly iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without {preposition}) again: {repeatedly} {still } more |
failed | H3615 | כָּלָה |
[Verb] to {end} whether intransitively (to {cease} be {finished} perish) or transitively (to {complete} {prepare } consume) |
for | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
our vain | H1892 | הֶבֶל |
[Noun Masculine] emptiness or vanity; figuratively something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
help | H5833 | עֶזְרָה |
[Noun Feminine] aid |
in our watching | H6836 | צְפִיָּה |
[Noun Feminine] watchfulness |
we have watched | H6822 | צָפָה |
[Verb] properly to lean {forward} that {is} to peer into the distance; by implication to {observe} await |
for | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
a nation | H1471 | גּוֹי |
[Noun Masculine] a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of {animals} or a flight of locusts |
that could not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
save | H3467 | יָשַׁע |
[Verb] properly to be {open} wide or {free} that {is} (by implication) to be safe; causatively to free or succor |
us |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.