Psalm 83:3
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עָרַם
ʻâram
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יָעַץ
yâʻats
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
צָפַן
tsâphan
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
טַף
ṭaph
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָרַם ʻâram
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
Study H6191 →צָפַן tsâphan
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
Study H6845 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
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