Psalm 18:11
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
עָב
ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
שַׁחַק
shachaq
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
Key Terms in This Verse
שַׁחַק shachaq
a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
Study H7834 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →עָב ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Study H5645 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be a...
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
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