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Psalm 22

Sal. 22:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
bulls
par (Hebrew #6499)
from 6565; a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
KJV usage: (+ young) bull(-ock), calf, ox.
Pronounce: par
Origin: or par {pawr}
have compassed
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
me: strong
'abbiyr (Hebrew #47)
for 46; --angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.
Pronounce: ab-beer'
bulls of Bashan
Bashan (Hebrew #1316)
Bashan (often with the article), a region East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Bashan.
Pronounce: baw-shawn'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
have beset me round
kathar (Hebrew #3803)
to enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
KJV usage: beset round, compass about, be crowned inclose round, suffer.
Pronounce: kaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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Dt. 32:14‑15• 14Manteca de vacas y leche de ovejas, Con grosura de corderos, Y carneros de Basán; también machos de cabrío, Con grosura de riñones de trigo: Y sangre de uva bebiste, vino puro.
15Y engrosó Jeshurun, y tiró coces: Engordástete, engrosástete, cubrístete: Y dejó al Dios que le hizo, Y menospreció la Roca de su salud.
(Dt. 32:14‑15)
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Is. 34:7• 7Y con ellos vendrán abajo unicornios, y toros con becerros; y su tierra se embriagará de sangre, y su polvo se engrasará de grosura. (Is. 34:7)
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Ez. 39:18• 18Comeréis carne de fuertes, y beberéis sangre de príncipes de la tierra; de carneros, de corderos, de machos de cabrío, de bueyes, de toros, engordados todos en Basán. (Ez. 39:18)
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Am. 4:1‑3• 1Oid esta palabra, vacas de Basán, que estáis en el monte de Samaria, que oprimís los pobres, que quebrantáis los menesterosos, que decis á sus señores: Traed, y beberemos.
2El Señor Jehová juró por su santidad: He aquí, vienen días sobre vosotros en que os llevará en anzuelos, y á vuestros descendientes en barquillos de pescador.
3Y saldrán por los portillos la una en pos de la otra, y seréis echadas del palacio, dice Jehová.
(Am. 4:1‑3)
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Mt. 27:1• 1Y venida la mañana, entraron en consejo todos los príncipes de los sacerdotes, y los ancianos del pueblo, contra Jesús, para entregarle á muerte. (Mt. 27:1)
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Hch. 4:27• 27Porque verdaderamente se juntaron en esta ciudad contra tu santo Hijo Jesús, al cual ungiste, Herodes y Poncio Pilato, con los Gentiles y los pueblos de Israel, (Hch. 4:27)
 Violence, unrestrained and full of rage, surrounded Him—bulls of Bashan—ravening and roaring lions. It was no haughty strength of man which met this. He must meet and feel it in the meekness of His nature, and know the weakness, though never the sin, of human nature, save in bearing it. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 22-24 by J.N. Darby)
 In verse 12 to 15 the deadly hatred of the Jewish nation is in view. (Psalms 21 by H. Smith)
 Like a bull using its great strength when blinded with passion, so the leaders of the Jewish nation, blind to reason and indifferent to right, with unrestrained violence and rage, used their position of power in deadly opposition to the Lord. (Psalms 21 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Manyd bulls have encompassed me; Bashan’s strong ones have beset me round.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Great."