Psalm 87:4

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there."

Word-by-Word Analysis

I will

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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זָכַר

zâkar

H2142

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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of

רָחָב

Râchâb

H7343

Rachab, a Canaanitess

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and

בָּבֶל

Bâbel

H894

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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to them that

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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me

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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פְּלֶשֶׁת

Pᵉlesheth

H6429

Pelesheth, a region of Syria

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and

צֹרִי

Tsôrîy

H6876

a Tsorite or inhabitant of Tsor (i.e. Syrian)

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with

כּוּשׁ

Kûwsh

H3568

Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite

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this

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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was

יָלַד

yâlad

H3205

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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there

Key Terms in This Verse

Philistia H6429

פְּלֶשֶׁת Pᵉlesheth

Pelesheth, a region of Syria

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Rahab H7343

רָחָב Râchâb

Rachab, a Canaanitess

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Ethiopia H3568

כּוּשׁ Kûwsh

Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite

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mention H2142

זָכַר zâkar

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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Tyre H6876

צֹרִי Tsôrîy

a Tsorite or inhabitant of Tsor (i.e. Syrian)

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born H3205

יָלַד yâlad

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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Babylon H894

בָּבֶל Bâbel

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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know H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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make H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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behold H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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Cross References

Psalm 45:12 cross-reference

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

Psalm 68:31 cross-reference

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

Job 9:13 cross-reference

If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

Psalm 89:10 cross-reference

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

Jeremiah 25:9 cross-reference

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants there...

Revelation 18:2 cross-reference

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha...

Acts 8:27 cross-reference

And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to wors...

Revelation 17:5 cross-reference

And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Daniel 4:30 cross-reference

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

Isaiah 51:9 cross-reference

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Psalm 137:1 cross-reference

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 19:11 cross-reference

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Ezekiel 28:2 cross-reference

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a ...

1 Samuel 17:8 cross-reference

And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let...

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