Psalm 79:4

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us."

Word-by-Word Analysis

We are

הָיָה

hâyâh

H1961

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

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a

חֶרְפָּה

cherpâh

H2781

contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

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to our

שָׁכֵן

shâkên

H7934

a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen

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a

לַעַג

laʻag

H3933

derision, scoffing

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and

שְׂחוֹק

sᵉchôwq

H7814

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

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to them that are

נָקַף

nâqaph

H5362

to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate

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סָבִיב

çâbîyb

H5439

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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us

Key Terms in This Verse

derision H7814

שְׂחוֹק sᵉchôwq

laughter (in merriment or defiance)

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scorn H3933

לַעַג laʻag

derision, scoffing

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neighbours H7934

שָׁכֵן shâkên

a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen

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reproach H2781

חֶרְפָּה cherpâh

contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

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become H1961

הָיָה hâyâh

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

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round H5362

נָקַף nâqaph

to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate

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about H5439

סָבִיב çâbîyb

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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Cross References

Psalm 80:6 cross-reference

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Lamentations 5:1 cross-reference

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Psalm 89:41 cross-reference

All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

Ezekiel 36:3 cross-reference

Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are ...

Jeremiah 24:9 cross-reference

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

Jeremiah 25:18 cross-reference

To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

Daniel 9:16 cross-reference

O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our ...

Ezekiel 35:12 cross-reference

And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

Nehemiah 2:19 cross-reference

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye reb...

Ezekiel 36:15 cross-reference

Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith th...

Jeremiah 42:18 cross-reference

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter ...

Deuteronomy 28:37 cross-reference

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

1 Kings 9:7 cross-reference

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all...

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