Psalm 18:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חֶבֶל
chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a c...
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
נָהָר
nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
Key Terms in This Verse
נָהָר nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
Study H5104 →חֶבֶל chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especi...
Study H2256 →סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →Cross References
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
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