Psalm 2:8
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַל
shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
נַחֲלָה
nachălâh
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
תַּחְתִּי
tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אֲחֻזָּה
ʼăchuzzâh
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
Key Terms in This Verse
תַּחְתִּי tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
Study H8482 →אֲחֻזָּה ʼăchuzzâh
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
Study H272 →שָׁאַל shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Study H7592 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →נַחֲלָה nachălâh
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
Study H5159 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
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