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Psalm 147

Psa. 147:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
snow
sheleg (Hebrew #7950)
snow (probably from its whiteness)
KJV usage: snow(-y).
Pronounce: sheh'-leg
Origin: from 7949
like wool
tsemer (Hebrew #6785)
wool
KJV usage: wool(-len).
Pronounce: tseh'-mer
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy
: he scattereth
pazar (Hebrew #6340)
to scatter, whether in enmity or bounty
KJV usage: disperse, scatter (abroad).
Pronounce: paw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
the hoarfrost
kphowr (Hebrew #3713)
properly, a cover, i.e. (by implication) a tankard (or covered goblet); also white frost (as covering the ground)
KJV usage: bason, hoar(-y) frost.
Pronounce: kef-ore'
Origin: from 3722
like ashes
'epher (Hebrew #665)
ashes
KJV usage: ashes.
Pronounce: ay'-fer
Origin: from an unused root meaning to bestrew
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Ashes,
Snow,
Wool

Cross References

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giveth.
Psa. 148:8• 8Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word; (Psa. 148:8)
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Job 37:6• 6For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might. (Job 37:6)
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Isa. 55:10• 10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: (Isa. 55:10)
scattereth.
Job 37:9‑10• 9From the chamber of the south cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the north.
 10By the breath of *God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened. (Job 37:9‑10)
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Job 38:29• 29Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth? (Job 38:29)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He giveth snow like wool, scattereth the hoar frost like ashes;