Psalm 140:9
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Key Terms in This Verse
סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily ...
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