They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
* They haue ſharpned their tongues like a ſerpent: adders poiſon is vnder their lips. Selah.
חֵמָה , feminine noun, heyma — heat, rage (value 53)
H2534,
חֵמָה chêmâh, khay-maw'; or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא chêmâʼ; from H3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever):—anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See H2529.heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles
heat
fever
venom, poison (fig.)
burning anger, rage
Used in 117 Verses, 20 Books 124  Occurrence Count
כְּמוֹ , adverb, conjunction, kəmo — like, as, when (value 66)
H3644,
כְּמוֹ kemôw, kem-o'; or כָּמוֹ kâmôw; a form of the prefix k, but used separately [compare H3651]; as, thus, so:—according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.adverb
like, as, the like of which
conjunction
when, according as, as it were
Used in 126 Verses, 27 Books 138  Occurrence Count
לָשׁוֹן , masculine noun, lashon — tongue (value 386)
H3956,
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה leshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.tongue
tongue (of men)
tongue (literal)
tongue (organ of speech)
language
tongue (of animals)
tongue (of fire)
wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
Used in 115 Verses, 22 Books 117  Occurrence Count
נָחָשׁ , masculine noun, nahash — a serpent (value 358)
H5175,
נָחָשׁ nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'; from H5172; a snake (from its hiss):—serpent.serpent, snake
serpent
image (of serpent)
fleeing serpent (mythological)
Used in 28 Verses, 13 Books 31  Occurrence Count
סֶלָה , verb, sela — to lift up, exalt (value 95)
H5542,
סֶלָה çelâh, seh'-law; from H5541; suspension (of music), i.e. pause:—Selah.to lift up, exalt
Selah
a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption
Used in 74 Verses, 2 Books 74  Occurrence Count
עַכְשׁוּב , masculine noun, ʿakhshuv — asp, viper (value 398)
H5919,
עַכְשׁוּב ʻakshûwb, ak-shoob'; probably from an unused root meaning to coil; an asp (from lurking coiled up):—adder.asp, viper
asp, viper
perhaps spider
Used in 1 Verse, 1 Book 1  Occurrence Count
שָׁנַן , verb, shanan — to whet, sharpen (value 400)
H8150,
שָׁנַן shânan, shaw-nan'; a primitive root; to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate:—prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.to sharpen, whet
(Qal) to whet, sharpen
(Piel) to sharpen, teach (incisively)
(Hithpolel) to be pierced
Used in 9 Verses, 4 Books 9  Occurrence Count
שָׂפָה , feminine noun, safa — lip, speech, edge (value 385)
H8193,
שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw'; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):—band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
lip (as body part)
language
edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
Used in 164 Verses, 25 Books 175  Occurrence Count
תַּחַת , proper patrial adjective, accusative adverb, masculine noun, tahat — underneath, below, instead of (value 808)
H8478,
תַּחַת tachath, takh'-ath; from the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.:—as, beneath, × flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, × unto, × when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas
masculine noun
the under part
accusative adverb
beneath
preposition
under, beneath
at the foot of (idiom)
sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
of subjection or conquest
what is under one, the place in which one stands
in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conjunction
instead of, instead of that
in return for that, because that
in compounds
in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath
Used in 450 Verses, 36 Books 505  Occurrence Count
| Psalm 140:3Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָם֮ כְּֽמוֹ־נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ סֶֽלָה׃ |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| They have sharpened |
H8150shanan |
שָׁנַן |
400 |
| their tongues |
H3956lashon |
לָשׁוֹן |
386 |
| like a serpent; |
H5175nahash |
נָחָשׁ |
358 |
| adders' |
H5919ʿakhshuv |
עַכְשׁוּב |
398 |
| poison |
H2534heyma |
חֵמָה |
53 |
| is under their lips. |
H8193safa |
שָׂפָה |
385 |
| Selah. |
H5542sela |
סֶלָה |
95 |
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