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Psalm 112

Psa. 112:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
shall be mighty
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
upon earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: the generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
of the upright
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
shall be blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 25:13• 13His soul shall dwell in prosperity, and his seed shall inherit the earth. (Psa. 25:13)
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Psa. 37:26• 26all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing. (Psa. 37:26)
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Psa. 102:28• 28The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee. (Psa. 102:28)
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Gen. 17:7• 7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee. (Gen. 17:7)
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Gen. 22:17‑18• 17I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
 18and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice. (Gen. 22:17‑18)
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Prov. 20:7• 7The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him! (Prov. 20:7)
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Jer. 32:39• 39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all their days, for the good of them, and of their children after them. (Jer. 32:39)
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Acts 2:39• 39For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God may call. (Acts 2:39)
• (vv. 2-3) The blessings are then described. The God-fearing man is blessed “upon earth:” his seed are “mighty:” he is enriched with material wealth. (“Psalms 112” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His seed shall be mighty in the lande; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "earth."