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Jonah 3

Jonah 3:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he caused it to be proclaimed
za`aq (Hebrew #2199)
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
KJV usage: assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Pronounce: zaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
and ηpublished
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
through Nineveh
Niynveh (Hebrew #5210)
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
KJV usage: Nineveh.
Pronounce: nee-nev-ay'
Origin: of foreign origin
by the decree
ta`am (Hebrew #2940)
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
KJV usage: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
Pronounce: tah'-am
Origin: from 2938
of the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
and his θnobles
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Let neither man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
nor beast
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
, herd
baqar (Hebrew #1241)
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
KJV usage: beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
Pronounce: baw-kawr'
Origin: from 1239
nor flock
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
, taste
ta`am (Hebrew #2938)
to taste; figuratively, to perceive
KJV usage: X but, perceive, taste.
Pronounce: taw-am'
Origin: a primitive root
any thing
muwmah (Hebrew #3972)
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
KJV usage: fault, + no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any ((no-))thing.
Pronounce: meh-oo'-maw
Origin: apparently a form of 3971
: let them not feed
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, nor drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
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η
said.
θ
great men.

More on:

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Beast,
Flock,
Herd; Herdman,
King,
Nineveh

Cross References

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caused.
Jonah 3:5• 5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. (Jonah 3:5)
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2 Chron. 20:3• 3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. (2 Chron. 20:3)
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Ezra 8:21• 21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. (Ezra 8:21)
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Joel 2:15‑16• 15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
 16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. (Joel 2:15‑16)
published.
Heb. said.
nobles.
Heb. great men.
herd.
Joel 1:18• 18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. (Joel 1:18)
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Rom. 8:20‑22• 20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
 21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
 22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. (Rom. 8:20‑22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;