Psalms 47:8

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Psalms 47:8


← Psalms 47:7 Psalms 47:8 (KJV) Psalms 47:9 →
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

GodH430 reignethH4427 over the heathenH1471: GodH430 sittethH3427 upon the throneH3678 of his holinessH6944.


Original Hebrew

מָלַךְ אֱלֹהִים עַל־גֹּויִם אֱלֹהִים יָשַׁב ׀ עַל־כִּסֵּא קָדְשֹׁו׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מָלַ֣ךְ
ma.Lakh H4427 HVqp3ms he reigns
אֱ֭לֹהִים
'E.lo.Him H430 HNcmpa God
עַל
'al- H5921 HR over
גּוֹיִ֑ם
go.Yim H1471 HNcmpa nations
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים
'E.lo.Him H430 HNcmpa God
יָשַׁ֤ב
ya.Shav H3427 HVqp3ms he sits
עַל
'al- H5921 HR on
כִּסֵּ֬א
ki.Se' H3678 HNcmsc (the) throne of
קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ
ka.de.Sh/o H6944 HNcmsc/Sp3ms holiness/ his
Strong's References
  • H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh) H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
  • H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי (gôy); apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (gêvâh) H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
  • H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
  • H3678 — כִּסֵּא (kiççêʼ, kis-say'): or כִּסֵּה (kiççêh); from כָּסָה (kâçâh) H3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied); seat, stool, throne.
  • H4427 — מָלַךְ (mâlak, maw-lak'): a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel; consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.
  • H6944 — קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh, ko'-desh): from קָדַשׁ (qâdash) H6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity; consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
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