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

Thy

לָשׁוֹן

lâshôwn

H3956

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,...

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חָשַׁב

châshab

H2803

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...

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רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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שָׁנַן

shânan

H8150

to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate

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מוֹרָה

môwrâh

H4177

a razor

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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הָתַל

hâthal

H2048

to deride; by implication, to cheat

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Key Terms in This Verse

mischiefs H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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razor H4177

מוֹרָה môwrâh

a razor

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deviseth H2803

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, ...

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deceitfully H2048

הָתַל hâthal

to deride; by implication, to cheat

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working H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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sharp H8150

שָׁנַן shânan

to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate

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tongue H3956

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)

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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Cross References

Proverbs 18:21 cross-reference

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Psalm 57:4 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 59:7 cross-reference

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

Proverbs 12:18 cross-reference

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 30:14 cross-reference

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.

Acts 24:1 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 50:19 cross-reference

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Matthew 26:59 cross-reference

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Acts 24:5 cross-reference

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:

Psalm 120:2 cross-reference

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

2 Corinthians 4:2 cross-reference

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...

2 Corinthians 11:13 cross-reference

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

Jeremiah 18:18 cross-reference

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...

Psalm 109:2 cross-reference

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.

Revelation 12:10 cross-reference

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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