Psalm 10:3

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

רָשָׁע

râshâʻ

H7563

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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הָלַל

hâlal

H1984

to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causative...

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of his

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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תַּאֲוָה

taʼăvâh

H8378

a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)

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and

בָרַךְ

bârak

H1288

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...

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the

πλεονεξία

pleonexía

G4124

avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion

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whom the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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זָהַם

zâham

H2092

to be rancid, i.e. (transitively) to loathe

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Key Terms in This Verse

boasteth H1984

הָלַל hâlal

to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

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abhorreth H2092

זָהַם zâham

to be rancid, i.e. (transitively) to loathe

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blesseth H1288

בָרַךְ bârak

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

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covetous G4124

πλεονεξία pleonexía

avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion

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desire H8378

תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh

a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)

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wicked H7563

רָשָׁע râshâʻ

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Psalm 94:4 cross-reference

How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

Luke 12:19 cross-reference

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Psalm 5:6 cross-reference

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Psalm 35:21 cross-reference

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

Job 31:24 cross-reference

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

Proverbs 28:4 cross-reference

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Deuteronomy 29:19 cross-reference

And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thir...

Exodus 15:9 cross-reference

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Isaiah 37:23 cross-reference

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 49:6 cross-reference

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Jeremiah 22:17 cross-reference

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Psalm 49:18 cross-reference

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

Luke 12:15 cross-reference

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Ephesians 5:5 cross-reference

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Psalm 52:1 cross-reference

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Romans 1:29 cross-reference

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Leviticus 26:30 cross-reference

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Colossians 3:5 cross-reference

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

James 4:13 cross-reference

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Isaiah 57:17 cross-reference

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

1 Samuel 23:21 cross-reference

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.

Romans 1:32 cross-reference

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Deuteronomy 32:19 cross-reference

And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

1 Corinthians 6:10 cross-reference

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Habakkuk 2:9 cross-reference

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

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