Psalms 23
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יוֹםyôwmH31172× 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)
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- שׁוּבshûwbH77252× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- גַּיְאgayʼH15161× in this chapter
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
- גַּםgamH15711× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- דֶּשֶׁאdesheʼH18771× in this chapter
a sprout; by analogy, grass
- דָּשֵׁןdâshênH18781× in this chapter
to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הֵםhêmH19921× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- 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
- חֵסֵדchêçêdH26171× in this chapter
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
- חָסֵרchâçêrH26371× in this chapter
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
- טוֹבṭôwbH28961× in this chapter
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
- יָרֵאyârêʼH33721× in this chapter
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
- כּוֹסkôwçH35631× in this chapter
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
- כֹּלkôlH36051× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אַךְʼakH3891× in this chapter
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
- מִזְמוֹרmizmôwrH42101× in this chapter
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
- מַיִםmayimH43251× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- מְנוּחָהmᵉnûwchâhH44961× in this chapter
repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
- מַעְגָּלmaʻgâlH45701× in this chapter
a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
- מַעַןmaʻanH46161× in this chapter
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
- מִשְׁעֵנָהmishʻênâhH49381× in this chapter
support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
- נָאָהnâʼâhH49991× in this chapter
a home; figuratively, a pasture
- נֶגֶדnegedH50481× in this chapter
a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
- נָהַלnâhalH50951× in this chapter
properly, to run with asparkle, i.e. flow; hence (transitively), to conduct, and (by inference) to protect, sustain
- נָחָהnâchâhH51481× in this chapter
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
- נָחַםnâchamH51621× in this chapter
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53151× 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)
- 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
- עִמָּדʻimmâdH59781× in this chapter
along with
- עָרַךְʻârakH61861× in this chapter
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64401× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- צֶדֶקtsedeqH66641× in this chapter
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
- צַלְמָוֶתtsalmâvethH67571× in this chapter
shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)
- צָרַרtsârarH68871× in this chapter
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive