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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Psalms 104:2 - Coverest
Psalms 104:2 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Who coverest | H5844 | עָטָה |
[Verb] to {wrap} that {is} cover: {veil} clothe or roll |
thyself with light | H216 | אוֹר |
[Noun Feminine] illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every {sense} including {lightning} {happiness } etc.) |
as with a garment | H8008 | שַׂלְמָה |
[Noun Feminine] a dress; |
who stretchest out | H5186 | נָטָה |
[Verb] to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications |
the heavens | 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) |
like a curtain | H3407 | יְרִיעָה |
[Noun Feminine] a hanging (as tremulous) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.