Psalm 22:30
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation."
Word-by-Word Analysis
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
דּוֹר
dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Key Terms in This Verse
חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →דּוֹר dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Study H1755 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →Cross References
And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall...
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
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