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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Lamentations 5:10 - Skin
Lamentations 5:10 - Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our skin | H5785 | עוֹר |
[Noun Masculine] skin (as naked); by implication {hide} leather |
| was black | H3648 | כָּמַר |
[Verb] properly to intertwine or {contract} that {is} (by implication) to shrivel (as with heat); figuratively to be deeply affected with passion (love or pity) |
| like an oven | H8574 | תַּנּוּר |
[Noun Masculine] a fire pot |
| because of | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| the terrible | H2152 | זַלְעָפָה |
[Noun Feminine] a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming) |
| famine | H7458 | רָעָב |
[Noun Masculine] hunger (more or less extensive) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.