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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Malachi 1:3 - Dragons
Malachi 1:3 - And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And I hated | H8130 | שָׂנֵא |
[Verb] to hate (personally) |
| Esau | H6215 | עֵשָׂו |
[Proper Name Masculine] rough (that {is} sensibly felt); {Esav} a son of {Isaac} including his posterity |
| and laid | H7760 | שׂוּם |
[Verb] to put (used in a great variety of {applications} {literally} {figuratively} inferentially and elliptically) |
| his mountains | H2022 | הַר |
[Noun Masculine] a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) |
| and his heritage | H5159 | נַחֲלָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly something {inherited} that {is} (abstractly) {occupancy} or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an {estate} patrimony or portion |
| waste | H8077 | שְׁמָמָה |
[Noun Feminine] devastation; figuratively astonishment |
| for the dragons | H8568 | תַּנָּה |
[Noun Masculine] a female jackal |
| of the wilderness | H4057 | מִדְבָּר |
[Noun Masculine] a pasture (that {is} open {field} whither cattle are driven); by implication a desert; also speech (including its organs) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.