Psalm 52:2
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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,...
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...
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
שָׁנַן
shânan
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
הָתַל
hâthal
to deride; by implication, to cheat
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 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →שָׁנַן shânan
to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
Study H8150 →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 →Cross References
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscienc...
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him wit...
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused the...
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