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Lamentations 3:45
“Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
סְחִיçᵉchîy · seh-khee'
H5501 · Hebrew
H5501 · Hebrew
- Definition
- refuse (as swept off)
- Derivation
- from H5500 (סָחָה);
- KJV renderings
- offscouring.
- Grammar
- סְחִ֧י — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 1 times in the Hebrew Bible.
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סְחִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.