1 Samuel 2:9
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
חָסִיד
châçîyd
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
דָּמַם
dâmam
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּמַם dâmam
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Study H1826 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
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)
Study H376 →Cross References
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil...
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once deli...
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
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