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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Psalms 78:23 - Above
Psalms 78:23 - Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Though he had commanded | H6680 | צָוָה |
[Verb] (intensively) to {constitute} enjoin |
the clouds | H7834 | שַׁחַק |
[Noun Masculine] a powder (as beaten small); by analogy a thin vapor; by extension the firmament |
from above | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
and opened | H6605 | פָּתַח |
[Verb] to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically to {loosen} begin: {plough} carve |
the doors | H1817 | דֶּלֶת |
[Noun Feminine] something {swinging} that {is} the valve of a door |
of heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.