Psalms 83:8

83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. holpen: Heb. been an arm to

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Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

Assur also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah.

83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

What does Psalms 83:8 mean?

Psalms 83:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אַשּׁוּר (ʼAshshûwr), לָוָה (lâvâh), זְרוֹעַ (zᵉrôwaʻ).

Hebrew interlinear

AssurאַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwr/ash-shoor'/H804Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

also

joinedלָוָהlâvâh/law-vaw'/H3867properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend

with

them:

they

have

holpenזְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻ/zer-o'-ah/H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force

the

childrenבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Lot.לוֹטLôwṭ/lote/H3876Lot, Abraham's nephew

Selah.סֶלָהçelâh/seh'-law/H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pause

holpen:

Heb.

been

arm

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Armies

People & places in this verse

People

Lot

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Genesis 10:22

The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. Arphaxad: Heb. Arpachshad

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What does Psalms 83:8 say?

Psalms 83:8 (King James Version) reads: "Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. holpen: Heb. been an arm to"

Is Psalms 83:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 83:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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