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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Lamentations 5:17 - Dim
Lamentations 5:17 - For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| this | H2088 | זֶה |
the masculine demonstrative {pronoun} this or that |
| our 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 | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
| faint | H1739 | דָּוֶה |
[Adjective] sick (especially in menstruation) |
| for | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
| these | H428 | אֵלֶּה |
these or those |
| things our eyes | H5869 | עַיִן |
[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| are dim | H2821 | חָשַׁךְ |
[Verb] to be dark (as withholding light); transitively to darken |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.