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Proverbs 8

Prov. 8:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whens he prepared
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
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)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, I was there: when he set
chaqaq (Hebrew #2710)
properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
KJV usage: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Pronounce: khaw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root
a νcompass
chuwg (Hebrew #2329)
a circle
KJV usage: circle, circuit, compass.
Pronounce: khoog
Origin: from 2328
upon the face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of the depth
thowm (Hebrew #8415)
(usually feminine) from 1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)
KJV usage: deep (place), depth.
Pronounce: teh-home'
Origin: or thom {teh-home'}
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Heb. 1:2• 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Heb. 1:2)
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or, circle.

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Cross References

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he prepared.
Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. (Psa. 33:6)
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Psa. 103:19• 19The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. (Psa. 103:19)
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Psa. 136:5• 5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:5)
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Jer. 10:12• 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. (Jer. 10:12)
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Col. 1:16• 16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (Col. 1:16)
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Heb. 1:2• 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Heb. 1:2)
compass.
or, circle.
Isa. 40:11,22• 11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: (Isa. 40:11,22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circleo upon the face of the deep;

JND Translation Notes

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See Job 26.10; Isa. 40.22.