Psalms 117
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- הָלַלhâlalH19842× in this chapter
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- גָּבַרgâbarH13961× in this chapter
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
- גּוֹיgôwyH14711× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- חֵסֵדchêçêdH26171× in this chapter
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- יָהּYâhhH30501× in this chapter
Jah, the sacred name
- כִּיkîyH35881× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אֻמַּהʼummahH5231× in this chapter
a collection, i.e. community of persons
- אֶמֶתʼemethH5711× in this chapter
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57691× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- עַלʻalH59211× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- שָׁבַחshâbachH76231× in this chapter
properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
- אֵתʼêthH8531× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)