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psalm_8:9

Psalm 8:9

Hebrew
צִפּ֣וֹר שָׁ֭מַיִםplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigשָׁמַיִם

hebrew

Meanings:

* Heaven or heavens * Sky * Compass

Masculine noun. The word is dual in form (ending in -ַיִם) which normally indicates two things (like eyes and hands), however, however it functions as a plural. Deuteronomy 10:14 states that Genesis 1:20Psalm 115:3
וּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם עֹ֝בֵ֗ר אָרְח֥וֹת יַמִּֽים
ESV
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
NIV
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
NLT
O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”
LXX
κύριε plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
κύριος ἡμῶν ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ὄνομά σου ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

greek

Preposition meaning “in”.
πάσῃplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπᾶς

greek

Meaning

* All * Every * The whole

Adjective.

Usage in the New Testament

The sense of πᾶς depends on whether it modifies a singular or plural noun, and whether that noun is countable or uncountable.

With singular countable nouns → "every" John 1:9John 3:16Romans 5:12Matthew 28:19Colossians 1:16Romans 3:23Romans 3:23John 3:16Colossians 1:17
τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
γῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ

Meaning:

* Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5)

Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”.

It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1
KJV
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:8 ← Psalm 8:9 → Psalm 8:10

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