2 Samuel 22:43
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
קָטָן
qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רָקַע
râqaʻ
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
רְחֹב
rᵉchôb
a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָקַע râqaʻ
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
Study H7554 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →קָטָן qâṭân
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Study H6996 →Cross References
Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the street...
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confoun...
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was ...
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i...
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
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