Psalms 134
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
3The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
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.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- בָרַךְbârakH12883× 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)
- אֵתʼêthH8532× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- יָדyâdH30271× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- כֹּלkôlH36051× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לַיִלlayilH39151× in this chapter
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- 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)
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53751× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56501× in this chapter
a servant
- עָמַדʻâmadH59751× in this chapter
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62131× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- צִיּוֹןTsîyôwnH67261× in this chapter
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
- קֹדֶשׁqôdeshH69441× in this chapter
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7761× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שִׁירshîyrH78921× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH80641× in this chapter
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)