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Psalms 8:5 - Lower

Psalms 8:5 - For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
For thou hast made him a little lower	H2637	חָסֵר	[Verb] to lack; by implication to {fail} {want } lessen
than the angels	H4480	מִן	[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses
and hast crowned	H5849	עָטַר	[Verb] to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
him with glory	H3519	כָּבוֹד	[Noun Masculine] properly weight; but only figuratively in a good {sense} splendor or copiousness
and honour	H1926	הָדָר	[Noun Masculine] {magnificence} that {is} ornament or splendor

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.