2 Samuel 22:40
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָגַר
châgar
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
כָּנַע
kânaʻ
properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
Key Terms in This Verse
קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →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 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LO...
It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and p...
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