Psalm 97:4
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּרָק
bârâq
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
אוֹר
ʼôwr
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
תֵּבֵל
têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia,...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
רָגַז
râgaz
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹר ʼôwr
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Study H215 →בָּרָק bârâq
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
Study H1300 →רָגַז râgaz
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
Study H7264 →תֵּבֵל têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Study H8398 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
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