Lamentations 4:7
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָזִיר
nâzîyr
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
זָכַךְ
zâkak
to be transparent or clean (phys. or morally)
שֶׁלֶג
sheleg
snow (probably from its whiteness)
לָבַן
lâban
to be (or become) white; to make bricks
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
גִּזְרָה
gizrâh
the figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated)
סַפִּיר
çappîyr
a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
Key Terms in This Verse
גִּזְרָה gizrâh
the figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated)
Study H1508 →נָזִיר nâzîyr
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
Study H5139 →סַפִּיר çappîyr
a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
Study H5601 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the d...
And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the...
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from ...
For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
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