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Psalm 82

Psa. 82:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Ye are gods
'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
s; and all of you are children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of the most High
'elyown (Hebrew #5945)
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
KJV usage: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Pronounce: el-yone'
Origin: from 5927
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John 10:34‑35• 34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
 35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; (John 10:34‑35)

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Gods; Goddess

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 82:1• 1<<A Psalm of Asaph.>> God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. (Psa. 82:1)
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Ex. 22:9,28• 9For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor.
 28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. (Ex. 22:9,28)
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John 10:34‑36• 34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
 35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
 36Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? (John 10:34‑36)
• The Lord applied this psalm to the time of His first coming (Jn. 10:34), but did not speak of judgment at that time because He had come in grace to save. (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have said, Ye are godsb, and all of you are children of the Most High;

JND Translation Notes

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Elohim, "the judges." see Ex. 21.6.