Psalms 128
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
5The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
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.
- בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30683× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- בָרַךְbârakH12882× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- יָרֵאyârêʼH33732× in this chapter
fearing; morally, reverent
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72002× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- אֶשֶׁרʼesherH8352× in this chapter
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- גֶּבֶרgeberH13971× in this chapter
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
- גֶּפֶןgephenH16121× in this chapter
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- זַיִתzayithH21321× in this chapter
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- טוֹבṭôwbH28951× in this chapter
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
- טוּבṭûwbH28981× in this chapter
good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
- יְגִיעַyᵉgîyaʻH30181× in this chapter
toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)
- יוֹםyôwmH31171× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33891× in this chapter
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- יְרֵכָהyᵉrêkâhH34111× in this chapter
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34781× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כֵּןkênH36511× in this chapter
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
- כַּףkaphH37091× in this chapter
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
- אָכַלʼâkalH3981× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- 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)
- סָבִיבçâbîybH54391× in this chapter
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
- 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
- פָּרָהpârâhH65091× in this chapter
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
- צִיּוֹןTsîyôwnH67261× in this chapter
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
- שִׁירshîyrH78921× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing
- שָׁלוֹםshâlôwmH79651× in this chapter
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
- שֻׁלְחָןshulchânH79791× in this chapter
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8021× in this chapter
a woman
- שְׁתִלshᵉthilH83631× in this chapter
a sprig (as if transplanted), i.e. sucker