Psalms 8
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
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.
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- מָהmâhH41003× 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
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH80643× 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)
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnH1132× in this chapter
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- אַדִּירʼaddîyrH1172× in this chapter
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יָםyâmH32202× in this chapter
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehH46392× in this chapter
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שֵׁםshêmH80342× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8342× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בֵּןbênH11211× 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.)
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1201× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- גַּםgamH15711× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- גִּתִּיתGittîythH16651× in this chapter
a Gittite harp
- דָּגdâgH17091× in this chapter
a fish (often used collectively)
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- הָדָרhâdârH19261× in this chapter
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
- הוֹדhôwdH19351× in this chapter
grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance)
- זָכַרzâkarH21421× in this chapter
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- חָסֵרchâçêrH26371× in this chapter
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
- יָדyâdH30271× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָנַקyânaqH32431× in this chapter
to suck; causatively, to give milk
- יָסַדyâçadH32451× in this chapter
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
- יָרֵחַyârêachH33941× in this chapter
the moon
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbH3411× in this chapter
hating; an adversary
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwdH35191× in this chapter
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- כּוֹכָבkôwkâbH35561× in this chapter
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
- כּוּןkûwnH35591× in this chapter
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
- מִזְמוֹרmizmôwrH42101× in this chapter
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4301× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- מְעַטmᵉʻaṭH45921× in this chapter
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
- 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
- מָשַׁלmâshalH49101× in this chapter
to rule
- אֶלֶףʼelephH5041× in this chapter
a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
- נָצַחnâtsachH53291× in this chapter
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent
- נָקַםnâqamH53581× in this chapter
to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
- נָתַןnâthanH54141× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)