Psalms 87
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
5And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
6The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
7As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
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.
- יָלַדyâladH32053× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אִישׁʼîyshH3762× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- סֶלָהçelâhH55422× in this chapter
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
- צִיּוֹןTsîyôwnH67262× in this chapter
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
- שָׁםshâmH80332× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- 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.)
- אָהַבʼâhabH1571× in this chapter
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- הָרָרhârârH20421× in this chapter
a mountain
- זָכַרzâkarH21421× in this chapter
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- חָלַלchâlalH24901× in this chapter
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30451× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יְסוּדָהyᵉçûwdâhH32481× in this chapter
a foundation
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbH32901× in this chapter
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- כָּבַדkâbadH35131× in this chapter
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
- 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)
- כּוּשׁKûwshH35681× in this chapter
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
- כָּתַבkâthabH37891× in this chapter
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
- 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
- מַעְיָןmaʻyânH45991× in this chapter
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
- מִשְׁכָּןmishkânH49081× in this chapter
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5591× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- סָפַרçâpharH56081× in this chapter
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
- עִירʻîyrH58921× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- עֶלְיוֹןʻelyôwnH59451× in this chapter
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
- עַםʻamH59711× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- עִםʻimH59731× 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)
- פְּלֶשֶׁתPᵉleshethH64291× in this chapter
Pelesheth, a region of Syria
- צֹרTsôrH68651× in this chapter
Tsor, a place in Palestine
- קֹדֶשׁqôdeshH69441× in this chapter
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- קֹרַחQôrachH71411× in this chapter
Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites
- רַהַבrahabH72931× in this chapter
bluster(-er)
- שִׁירshîyrH78911× in this chapter
to sing
- שִׁירshîyrH78921× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing