Psalm 118:12
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
דְּבוֹרָה
dᵉbôwrâh
the bee (from its systematic instincts)
דָּעַךְ
dâʻak
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּעַךְ dâʻak
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
Study H1846 →סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →Cross References
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou ...
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
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