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Psalm 18

Psa. 18:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thou wilt light
'owr (Hebrew #215)
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
KJV usage: X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: a primitive root
my ηcandle
niyr (Hebrew #5216)
also neyr {nare}; or ner {nare}; or (feminine) nerah {nay-raw'}; from a primitive root (see 5214; 5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: candle, lamp, light.
Pronounce: neer
Origin: or nir {neer}
c: the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
my God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
will enlighten
nagahh (Hebrew #5050)
to glitter; causatively, to illuminate
KJV usage: (en-)lighten, (cause to) shine.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
my darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
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Prov. 20:27• 27Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly. (Prov. 20:27)
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or, lamp,
Job 29:3• 3When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; (Job 29:3)
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Cross References

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thou wilt.
Psa. 112:4• 4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. (Psa. 112:4)
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Job 18:6• 6The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out. (Job 18:6)
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Job 29:3• 3When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; (Job 29:3)
candle.
or, lamp.
Psa. 132:17• 17There will I cause the horn of David to bud forth; I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. (Psa. 132:17)
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2 Sam. 22:29• 29For thou art my lamp, Jehovah; And Jehovah enlighteneth my darkness. (2 Sam. 22:29)
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1 Kings 11:36• 36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there. (1 Kings 11:36)
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Prov. 20:27• 27Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the belly. (Prov. 20:27)
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Isa. 62:1• 1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth. (Isa. 62:1)
my God.
Isa. 42:16• 16And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. (Isa. 42:16)
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Matt. 4:16• 16--the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in the country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up. (Matt. 4:16)
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Luke 1:79• 79to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:79)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light; (1 Peter 2:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.