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Psalm 58

Sal. 58:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theirv poison
chemah (Hebrew #2534)
from 3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
KJV usage: anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(- ful). See 2529.
Pronounce: khay-maw'
Origin: or (Dan. 11:44) chemaC {khay-maw'}
is φlike
dmuwth (Hebrew #1823)
resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
KJV usage: fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.
Pronounce: dem-ooth'
Origin: from 1819
the poison
chemah (Hebrew #2534)
from 3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
KJV usage: anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(- ful). See 2529.
Pronounce: khay-maw'
Origin: or (Dan. 11:44) chemaC {khay-maw'}
of a serpent
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
: they are like the deaf
cheresh (Hebrew #2795)
deaf (whether literally or spir.)
KJV usage: deaf.
Pronounce: khay-rashe'
Origin: from 2790
ψadder
pethen (Hebrew #6620)
an asp (from its contortions)
KJV usage: adder.
Pronounce: peh'-then
Origin: from an unused root meaning to twist
that stoppeth
'atam (Hebrew #331)
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
KJV usage: narrow, shut, stop.
Pronounce: aw-tam'
Origin: a primitive root
her ear
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
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poison.
like.
Heb. according to the likeness of.
serpent.
the deaf.
adder or asp.{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death.
It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.
 {v.4-5} spreading the poison of error. Moreover they are deaf to every appeal of grace, however attractively and wisely that grace is presented. Thus the sons of men seal their doom and prove themselves ripe for judgment. (Psalms 58 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;