Psalm 18:13
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רָעַם
râʻam
to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively, to irritate (with anger)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָעַם râʻam
to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively, to irritate (with anger)
Study H7481 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them...
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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