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Psalm 8

Psa. 8:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thou hast made him a little
m`at (Hebrew #4592)
from 4591; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
Pronounce: meh-at'
Origin: or miat {meh-awt'}
lower
chacer (Hebrew #2637)
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
KJV usage: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
Pronounce: khaw-sare'
Origin: a primitive root
than the angels
'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
, and hast crowned
`atar (Hebrew #5849)
to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: compass, crown.
Pronounce: aw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
him with glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
and honor
hadar (Hebrew #1926)
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
KJV usage: beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
Pronounce: haw-dawr'
Origin: from 1921
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Ministry on This Verse

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thou.
Psa. 103:20• 20Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word. (Psa. 103:20)
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Gen. 1:26‑27• 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.
 27And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Gen. 1:26‑27)
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Gen. 2:7• 7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)
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2 Sam. 14:29• 29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again the second time, but he would not come. (2 Sam. 14:29)
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Job 4:18‑20• 18Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:
 19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
 20From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever. (Job 4:18‑20)
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Phil. 2:7‑8• 7but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in the likeness of men;
 8and having been found in figure as a man, humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and that the death of the cross. (Phil. 2:7‑8)
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Heb. 2:7,9,16• 7Thou hast made him some little inferior to the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands;
 9but we see Jesus, who was made some little inferior to angels on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste death for every thing.
 16For he does not indeed take hold of angels by the hand, but he takes hold of the seed of Abraham. (Heb. 2:7,9,16)
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Psa. 21:3‑5• 3For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness; thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.
 4He asked life of thee; thou gavest it him, length of days for ever and ever.
 5His glory is great through thy salvation; majesty and splendour hast thou laid upon him. (Psa. 21:3‑5)
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Psa. 45:1‑3,6• 1To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction;--a song of the Beloved. My heart is welling forth with a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
 2Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
 3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour;
 6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom: (Psa. 45:1‑3,6)
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John 13:31‑32• 31When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
 32If God be glorified in him, God also shall glorify him in himself, and shall glorify him immediately. (John 13:31‑32)
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Eph. 1:21• 21above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come; (Eph. 1:21)
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Phil. 2:9‑11• 9Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,
 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal beings,
 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to God the Father's glory. (Phil. 2:9‑11)
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Heb. 2:9• 9but we see Jesus, who was made some little inferior to angels on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste death for every thing. (Heb. 2:9)
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1 Peter 1:20‑21• 20foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,
 21who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among the dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God. (1 Peter 1:20‑21)
• {v.5-6} Compared, however, with Christ―the Son of Man―creation becomes very small, for He is set over all the works of God’s hands, and all is put into subjection to Him. (“Psalms 8” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou hast made him a littlet lower than the angelsu, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "some little."
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Elohim. see Ps. 97.7.