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Psalm 22

Psa. 22:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
bulls
par (Hebrew #6499)
from 6565; a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
KJV usage: (+ young) bull(-ock), calf, ox.
Pronounce: par
Origin: or par {pawr}
have compassed
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
me: strong
'abbiyr (Hebrew #47)
for 46; --angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.
Pronounce: ab-beer'
bulls of Bashan
Bashan (Hebrew #1316)
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Bashan.
Pronounce: baw-shawn'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
have beset me round
kathar (Hebrew #3803)
to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
KJV usage: beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.
Pronounce: kaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Bashan,
Bull; Bullock

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Many.
Psa. 68:30• 30Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: every one submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war. (Psa. 68:30)
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Jer. 50:11• 11For ye rejoiced, for ye triumphed, ye plunderers of my heritage; for ye have been wanton as the heifer at grass, and neighed as steeds. (Jer. 50:11)
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Deut. 32:14‑15• 14Cream of kine, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.
 15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked--Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness;--He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deut. 32:14‑15)
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Isa. 34:7• 7And the buffaloes shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. (Isa. 34:7)
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Ezek. 39:18• 18Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, and of bullocks, all of them fatted beasts of Bashan. (Ezek. 39:18)
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Amos 4:1‑3• 1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:
 2the Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that behold, days shall come upon you, when he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks;
 3and ye shall go out by the breaches, every one straight before her, and ye shall be cast out to Harmon, saith Jehovah. (Amos 4:1‑3)
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Matt. 27:1• 1And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death. (Matt. 27:1)
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Acts 4:27• 27For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city (Acts 4:27)
• Violence, unrestrained and full of rage, surrounded Him—bulls of Bashan—ravening and roaring lions. It was no haughty strength of man which met this. He must meet and feel it in the meekness of His nature, and know the weakness, though never the sin, of human nature, save in bearing it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 22-24” by J.N. Darby)
• In verse 12 to 15 the deadly hatred of the Jewish nation is in view. (“Psalms 21” by H. Smith)
• Like a bull using its great strength when blinded with passion, so the leaders of the Jewish nation, blind to reason and indifferent to right, with unrestrained violence and rage, used their position of power in deadly opposition to the Lord. (“Psalms 21” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Manyd bulls have encompassed me; Bashan’s strong ones have beset me round.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Great."