Psalm 22:15
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
קָלָה
qâlâh
to toast, i.e. scorch partially or slowly
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...
דָּבַק
dâbaq
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
מְתַלְּעָה
mᵉthallᵉʻâh
properly, a biter, i.e. a tooth
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּבַק dâbaq
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Study H1692 →לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Study H3956 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →Cross References
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he ...
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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