Psalm 116:3
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חֶבֶל
chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a c...
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
מֵצַר
mêtsar
something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
צָרָה
tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
Key Terms in This Verse
אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →חֶבֶל chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especi...
Study H2256 →סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →צָרָה tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
Study H6869 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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