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Psalms 83:4

83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

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“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: consent: Heb. heart

What does Psalms 83:4 mean?

Psalms 83:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), יָלַךְ (yâlak), כָּחַד (kâchad).

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They
have
said,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
Come,יָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
and
let
us
cut
them
offכָּחַדkâchad/kaw-khad'/H3582to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
from
being
a
nation;גּוֹיgôwy/go'-ee/H1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
that
the
nameשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
of
IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
may
be
no
more
in
remembrance.זָכַרzâkar/zaw-kar'/H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 83:4.

1 Chronicles 16:31

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

1 Chronicles 16:35

And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

1 Kings 4:31

For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

2 Samuel 18:18

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

2 Samuel 20:21

The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. by name: Heb. by his name

2 Samuel 22:50

Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.

Job 4:7

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

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What does Psalms 83:4 say?

Psalms 83:4 (King James Version) reads: "They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."

Is Psalms 83:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 83:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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