Nahum 3:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about it, whose rampart [was] the sea, [and] her wall [was] from the sea?

Complete Jewish Bible:

Are you any better than No-Amon, located among the streams of the Nile, with water all around her, the flood her wall of defense?

Berean Standard Bible:

Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?

American Standard Version:

Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Art thou better^{H3190} than populous^{H527}{H528} No^{H4996}, that was situate^{H3427} among the rivers^{H2975}, that had the waters^{H4325} round about^{H5439} it, whose rampart^{H2426} was the sea^{H3220}, and her wall^{H2346} was from the sea^{H3220}?

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Commentary for Nahum 3:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

1. Strong's Number: H3190
   There are 102 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: יָטַב
   Transliteration: yâṭab
   Pronunciation: yaw-tab'
   Description: a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right); be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, [phrase] be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ([phrase] well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, [idiom] very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
   
2. Strong's Number: H527
   There are 117 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: אָמוֹן
   Transliteration: ʼâmôwn
   Pronunciation: aw-mone'
   Description: a variation for הָמוֹן; a throng of people; multitude.
   
3. Strong's Number: H528
   There are 272 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: אָמוֹן
   Transliteration: ʼÂmôwn
   Pronunciation: aw-mone'
   Description: of Egyptian derivation; used only as an adjunct of נֹא; Amon (i.e. Ammon or Amn), a deity of Egypt; multitude, populous.
   
4. Strong's Number: H4996
   There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: נֹא
   Transliteration: Nôʼ
   Pronunciation: no
   Description: of Egyptian origin; No (i.e. Thebes), the capital of Upper Egypt; No. Compare אָמוֹן.
   
5. Strong's Number: H3427
   There are 980 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: יָשַׁב
   Transliteration: yâshab
   Pronunciation: yaw-shab'
   Description: a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
   
6. Strong's Number: H2975
   There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: יְאֹר
   Transliteration: yᵉʼôr
   Pronunciation: yeh-ore'
   Description: of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria; brook, flood, river, stream.
   
7. Strong's Number: H4325
   There are 525 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: מַיִם
   Transliteration: mayim
   Pronunciation: mah'-yim
   Description: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
   
8. Strong's Number: H5439
   There are 282 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: סָבִיב
   Transliteration: çâbîyb
   Pronunciation: saw-beeb'
   Description: or (feminine) סְבִיבָה; from סָבַב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
   
9. Strong's Number: H2426
   There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: חֵיל
   Transliteration: chêyl
   Pronunciation: khale
   Description: or (shortened) חֵל; a collateral form of חַיִל; an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment; army, bulwark, host, [phrase] poor, rampart, trench, wall.
   
10. Strong's Number: H3220
    There are 339 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָם
    Transliteration: yâm
    Pronunciation: yawm
    Description: from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
    
11. Strong's Number: H2346
    There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חוֹמָה
    Transliteration: chôwmâh
    Pronunciation: kho-maw'
    Description: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.