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Psalm 78

Psa. 78:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He clave
baqa` (Hebrew #1234)
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
KJV usage: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Pronounce: baw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
a the rocks
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
in the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
, and gave them drink
shaqah (Hebrew #8248)
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
KJV usage: cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See 7937, 8354.
Pronounce: shaw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
as out of the great
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
depths
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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Ex. 17:6• 6{i}Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.{/i} (Ex. 17:6)
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Num. 20:11• 11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod {i}smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.{/i} (Num. 20:11)
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1 Cor. 10:3‑4• 3and all ate the same spiritual meat,
 4and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of a spiritual attendant rock (and the rock was Christ); (1 Cor. 10:3‑4)

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Cross References

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Psa. 105:41• 41He opened a rock, and waters gushed forth;{HR}They ran in the dry places, a river. (Psa. 105:41)
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Psa. 114:8• 8Turning the rock [into] a pool of water,{HR}The flint to a spring of waters. (Psa. 114:8)
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Ex. 17:6• 6{i}Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.{/i} (Ex. 17:6)
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Num. 20:11• 11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod {i}smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.{/i} (Num. 20:11)
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Isa. 41:18• 18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry lands into water-springs. (Isa. 41:18)
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Isa. 43:20• 20The beast of the field shall honour me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen: (Isa. 43:20)
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John 7:37‑38• 37Now in the last, the great, day of the feast Jesus stood and cried, saying, If anyone thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
 38He that believeth on me, even as the scripture said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:37‑38)
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1 Cor. 10:4• 4and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of a spiritual attendant rock (and the rock was Christ); (1 Cor. 10:4)
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Rev. 22:1,17• 1And he showed me a river of water of life bright as crystal proceeding out of the throne of God and the Lamb.
 17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; let him that willeth take life's water freely. (Rev. 22:1,17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the depths, abundantly;

W. Kelly Translation

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He clave rocks in the wilderness,{HR}And gave drink as the depths abundantly,