Psalm 74:20
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָכַר
nâkar
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (w...
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
חָמָס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
Key Terms in This Verse
נָכַר nâkar
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be s...
Study H5234 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →Cross References
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, an...
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to t...
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to gro...
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
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