Isaiah 40:7
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth; because the spirit of the LORD bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.
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Isaiah 40:7
Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.
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Third-person singular present form of wither, meaning to dry up, fade, lose freshness or strength, or waste away.
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Sense 1: The blossom of a plant. Sense 2: Figuratively, beauty, vigour, or what quickly fades.
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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
6*The voyce sayd; Cry. And hee sayd; What shall I cry? All flesh is grasse, and all the goodlinesse thereof is as the flowre of the field.
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
7The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth; because the spirit of the LORD bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.
Selected passage8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
8*The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for euer.