Psalm 145:8
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
חָנַן
chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
רָחַם
râcham
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
חֵסֵד
chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Key Terms in This Verse
חָנַן chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Study H2603 →רָחַם râcham
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
Study H7355 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →חֵסֵד chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Study H2617 →Cross References
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and four...
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and me...
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
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