Psalm 33:17
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סוּס
çûwç
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
בֶּטַח
beṭach
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Key Terms in This Verse
בֶּטַח beṭach
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Study H983 →שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Study H7723 →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 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil...
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