Psalm 17:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַל
ʻal
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
אֹרַח
ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →אֹרַח ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Study H734 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →עַל ʻal
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
Study H5922 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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