Psalm 120:7
Old Testament • 3 words with Strong's data
"I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Key Terms in This Verse
מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →Cross References
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
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