Psalm 147:16
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
שֶׁלֶג
sheleg
snow (probably from its whiteness)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
כְּפוֹר
kᵉphôwr
properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
Key Terms in This Verse
כְּפוֹר kᵉphôwr
properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
Study H3713 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
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