Psalm 72:16
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כַּף
kaph
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
פְּרִי
pᵉrîy
fruit (literally or figuratively)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
רָעַשׁ
râʻash
to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
לְבָנוֹן
Lᵉbânôwn
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
פָּרַח
pârach
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
כַּף kaph
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
Study H3709 →פָּרַח pârach
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
Study H6524 →רָעַשׁ râʻash
to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
Study H7493 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →Cross References
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robe...
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the exce...
The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pa...
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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