What Does Habakkuk 2:5 Mean?

meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“by wine”

wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

“Yea also because he transgresseth”

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

“man”

properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply

“he is a proud”

elated; hence, arrogant

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“neither keepeth at home”

to rest (as at home); causatively (through the implied idea of beauty), to celebrate (with praises)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“who enlargeth”

to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)

“as hell”

hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

“his desire”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“and is as death”

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and cannot be satisfied”

to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

“but gathereth”

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

near, with or among; often in general, to

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“unto him all nations”

a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

“and heapeth”

to grasp, i.e., collect

near, with or among; often in general, to

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“unto him all people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock