Psalm 44:22
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
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...
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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 →נָכָה nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Study H5221 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I o...
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
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