Psalm 18:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me."
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...
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
פַּח
pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
קָדַם
qâdam
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָדַם qâdam
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
Study H6923 →פַּח pach
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
Study H6341 →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 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly u...
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