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Psalm 97

Psa. 97:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His lightnings
baraq (Hebrew #1300)
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
KJV usage: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
Pronounce: baw-rawk'
Origin: from 1299
enlightened
'owr (Hebrew #215)
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
KJV usage: X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: a primitive root
the world
tebel (Hebrew #8398)
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
KJV usage: habitable part, world.
Pronounce: tay-bale'
Origin: from 2986
: the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and trembled
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 77:18• 18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked. (Psa. 77:18)
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Psa. 144:5‑6• 5Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;
 6Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them: (Psa. 144:5‑6)
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Ex. 19:16‑18• 16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.
 17And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
 18And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly. (Ex. 19:16‑18)
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Psa. 104:32• 32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. (Psa. 104:32)
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Psa. 114:7• 7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the +God of Jacob, (Psa. 114:7)
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Job 9:6• 6Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble; (Job 9:6)
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Jer. 10:10• 10But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation. (Jer. 10:10)
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Matt. 27:50‑51• 50And Jesus, having again cried with a loud voice, gave up the ghost.
 51And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent, (Matt. 27:50‑51)
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Matt. 28:2‑3• 2And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
 3And his look was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow. (Matt. 28:2‑3)
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Rev. 11:19• 19And the temple of God in the heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Rev. 11:19)
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Rev. 19:11• 11And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and one sitting on it, called Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war in righteousness. (Rev. 19:11)
• No evil, in any part of the earth, will pass unjudged; all will be searched out even as lightnings lighten the world. The earth will see and tremble. (“Psalms 97” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.