Psalm 132:13
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
צִיּוֹן
Tsîyôwn
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
נָוֶה
nâveh
(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild ...
Key Terms in This Verse
נָוֶה nâveh
(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
Study H5116 →Cross References
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
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