Bible Verse Dictionary
Psalms 56:1 - Merciful
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Be merciful | H2603 | חָנַן |
[Verb] properly to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to {favor} bestow; causatively to implore (that {is} move to favor by petition) |
unto me O God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] 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 |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
man | H582 | אֱנוֹשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] properly a mortal (and thus differeing from the more dignified H120); hence a man in general (singly or collectively). It is often unexpressed in the English {Version} especially when used in apposition with another word |
would swallow me up | H7602 | שָׁאַף |
[Verb] to inhale eagerly; figuratively to covet; by implication to be angry; also to hasten |
he fighting | H3898 | לָחַם |
[Verb] to feed on; figuratively to consume; by implication to battle (as destruction) |
daily | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
oppresseth | H3905 | לָחַץ |
[Verb] properly to {press} that {is} (figuratively) to distress |
me |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.