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Psalm 8

Psa. 8:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The fowl
tsippowr (Hebrew #6833)
from 6852; a little bird (as hopping)
KJV usage: bird, fowl, sparrow.
Pronounce: tsip-pore'
Origin: or tsippor {tsip-pore'}
of the air
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and the fish
dag (Hebrew #1709)
from 1711; a fish (as prolific); or perhaps rather from 1672 (as timid); but still better from 1672 (in the sense of squirming, i.e. moving by the vibratory action of the tail); a fish (often used collectively)
KJV usage: fish.
Pronounce: dawg
Origin: or (fully) dag (Nehemiah 13:16) {dawg}
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and whatsoever passeth through
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
the paths
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
of the seas
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
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Fish; Fishers; Fishing,
Fowl,
Sea

Cross References

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The fowl.
Psa. 148:10• 10Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; (Psa. 148:10)
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Gen. 1:20‑25• 20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
 21And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.
 23And there was evening, and there was morning--a fifth day.
 24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.
 25And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:20‑25)
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Job 38:39‑41• 39Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
 40When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait?
 41Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto *God, and they wander for lack of meat? (Job 38:39‑41)
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Job 39:1‑30• 1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?
 2Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
 3They bow themselves, they give birth to their young ones, they cast out their pains;
 4Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.
 5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
 6Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
 7He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;
 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
 9Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?
 10Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
 11Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
 12Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
 13The wing of the ostrich beats joyously--But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
 14For she leaveth her eggs to the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,
 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.
 16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
 17For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
 18What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
 19Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
 20Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
 21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.
 22He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.
 23The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
 24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
 25At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
 26Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, and stretch his wings toward the south?
 27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his nest on high?
 28He inhabiteth the rock and maketh his dwelling on the point of the cliff, and the fastness:
 29From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;
 30And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he. (Job 39:1‑30)
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Job 40:15‑24• 15See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.
 16Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
 17He bendeth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are woven together.
 18His bones are tubes of bronze, his members are like bars of iron.
 19He is the chief of *God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.
 20For the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
 21He lieth under lotus-bushes, in the covert of the reed and fen:
 22Lotus-bushes cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
 23Lo, the river overfloweth--he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.
 24Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap? (Job 40:15‑24)
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Job 41:1‑34• 1Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
 2Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
 3Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
 4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
 5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
 6Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
 7Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
 8Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle,--do no more!
 9Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
 10None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
 11Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
 12I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
 13Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
 14Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
 15The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
 16One is so near to another that no air can come between them;
 17They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
 18His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
 19Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
 20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
 21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
 22In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
 23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
 24His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether millstone.
 25When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
 26If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
 27He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
 28The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
 29Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
 30His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
 31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
 32He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
 33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
 34He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts. (Job 41:1‑34)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, whatever passeth through the paths of the seas.