Psalms 120
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
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.
- עִםʻimH59733× in this chapter
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לָשׁוֹןlâshôwnH39562× in this chapter
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
- מָהmâhH41002× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- רְמִיָּהrᵉmîyâhH74232× in this chapter
remissness, treachery
- שָׁכַןshâkanH79312× in this chapter
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
- שָׁלוֹםshâlôwmH79652× in this chapter
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
- גִּבּוֹרgibbôwrH13681× in this chapter
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
- גּוּרgûwrH14811× in this chapter
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
- גֶּחֶלgechelH15131× in this chapter
an ember
- אֹהֶלʼôhelH1681× in this chapter
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
- דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- אוֹיָהʼôwyâhH1901× in this chapter
{lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!}
- הֵםhêmH19921× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- חֵץchêtsH26711× in this chapter
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
- יָסַףyâçaphH32541× in this chapter
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- אֵלʼêlH4131× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâhH44211× in this chapter
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- מַעֲלָהmaʻălâhH46091× in this chapter
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
- מֶשֶׁךְMeshekH49021× in this chapter
Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him
- נָצַלnâtsalH53371× in this chapter
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
- נָתַןnâthanH54141× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5891× in this chapter
I
- עָנָהʻânâhH60301× in this chapter
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
- צָרָהtsârâhH68691× in this chapter
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
- קֵדָרQêdârH69381× in this chapter
Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71211× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- רַבrabH72271× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- רֶתֶםrethemH75741× in this chapter
the Spanish broom (from its pole-like stems)
- שִׁירshîyrH78921× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing
- שָׂנֵאsânêʼH81301× in this chapter
to hate (personally)
- שָׁנַןshânanH81501× in this chapter
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
- שָׂפָהsâphâhH81931× in this chapter
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- שֶׁקֶרsheqerH82671× in this chapter
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)