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Lamentations 3

Lam. 3:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He hath also broken
garac (Hebrew #1638)
to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve
KJV usage: break.
Pronounce: gaw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
my teeth
shen (Hebrew #8127)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for 8143) ivory; figuratively, a cliff
KJV usage: crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth.
Pronounce: shane
Origin: from 8150
with gravel stones
chatsats (Hebrew #2687)
properly, something cutting; hence, gravel (as grit); also (like 2671) an arrow
KJV usage: arrow, gravel (stone).
Pronounce: khaw-tsawts'
Origin: from 2687
q, he hath ρcovered
kaphash (Hebrew #3728)
to tread down; figuratively, to humiliate
KJV usage: cover.
Pronounce: kaw-fash'
Origin: a primitive root
me with ashes
'epher (Hebrew #665)
ashes
KJV usage: ashes.
Pronounce: ay'-fer
Origin: from an unused root meaning to bestrew
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Prov. 20:17• 17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. (Prov. 20:17)
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rolled me in the.

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Ashes,
Stones,
Tooth

Cross References

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broken.
Job 4:10• 10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. (Job 4:10)
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Psa. 3:7• 7Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. (Psa. 3:7)
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Psa. 58:6• 6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord. (Psa. 58:6)
gravel.
Prov. 20:17• 17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. (Prov. 20:17)
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Matt. 7:9• 9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? (Matt. 7:9)
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Luke 11:11• 11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? (Luke 11:11)
he hath.
Psa. 102:9• 9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, (Psa. 102:9)
covered me with ashes.
or, rolled me in the ashes.
Job 2:8• 8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. (Job 2:8)
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Jer. 6:26• 26O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. (Jer. 6:26)
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Jonah 3:6• 6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. (Jonah 3:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.