Psalm 8:3
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בִּין
bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
אֶצְבַּע
ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
כּוֹכָב
kôwkâb
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
Study H676 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →בִּין bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Study H995 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Cross References
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD...
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
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