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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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Air,
Fish; Fishers; Fishing,
Fowl,
Sea

Cross References

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The fowl.
Psa. 148:10• 10Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: (Psa. 148:10)
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Gen. 1:20‑25• 20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
 21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his 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 in the earth.
 23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
 24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
 25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:20‑25)
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Job 38:39‑41• 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
 40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
 41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, 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? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
 2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
 3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
 4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
 5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
 6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
 7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
 8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
 9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
 10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
 11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
 12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
 13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
 14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
 15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
 16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;
 17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
 18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
 19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
 20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
 21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
 22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
 23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
 24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
 25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
 26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
 27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
 28She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
 29From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
 30Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. (Job 39:1‑30)
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Job 40:15‑24• 15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
 16Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
 17He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
 18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
 19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
 20Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
 21He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
 22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
 23Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
 24He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. (Job 40:15‑24)
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Job 41:1‑34• 1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
 2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
 3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
 4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
 5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
 6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
 7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
 8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
 9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
 10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
 11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
 12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
 13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
 14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
 15His scales are his 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 one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
 18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
 19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
 20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
 21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
 22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
 23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
 24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
 25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
 26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
 27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
 28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
 29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
 30Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
 31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
 32He maketh a 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 a king over all the children of pride. (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.