Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Who couereth the heauen with cloudes, who prepareth raine for the earth: who maketh graſſe to growe vpon the mountaines.
אֶרֶץ , feminine noun, ʾeretz — earth, land (value 291)
H776,
אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.land, earth
earth
whole earth (as opposed to a part)
earth (as opposed to heaven)
earth (inhabitants)
land
country, territory
district, region
tribal territory
piece of ground
land of Canaan, Israel
inhabitants of land
Sheol, land without return, (under) world
city (-state)
ground, surface of the earth
ground
soil
(in phrases)
people of the land
space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
level or plain country
land of the living
end(s) of the earth
(almost wholly late in usage)
lands, countries
often in contrast to Canaan
Used in 2190 Verses, 39 Books 2498  Occurrence Count
הַר , masculine noun, har — mountain, hill, hill country (value 205)
H2022,
הַר har, har; a shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively):—hill (country), mount(-ain), × promotion.hill, mountain, hill country, mount
Used in 486 Verses, 35 Books 543  Occurrence Count
חָצִיר , masculine noun, hatziyr — green grass, herbage (value 308)
H2682,
חָצִיר châtsîyr, khaw-tseer'; perhaps originally the same as H2681, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively):—grass, hay, herb, leek.grass, leek, green grass, herbage
grass
of the quickly perishing (fig.)
Used in 20 Verses, 7 Books 21  Occurrence Count
כּוּן , verb, kun — to be firm (value 76)
H3559,
כּוּן kûwn, koon; a primitive root; properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous):—certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, × very deed.to be firm, be stable, be established
(Niphal)
to be set up, be established, be fixed
to be firmly established
to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring
to be fixed, be securely determined
to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense)
to prepare, be ready
to be prepared, be arranged, be settled
(Hiphil)
to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm
to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish
to direct toward (moral sense)
to arrange, order
(Hophal)
to be established, be fastened
to be prepared, be ready
(Polel)
to set up, establish
to constitute, make
to fix
to direct
(Pulal) to be established, be prepared
(Hithpolel) to be established, be restored
Used in 211 Verses, 27 Books 218  Occurrence Count
כָּסָה , verb, kasa — to cover (value 85)
H3680,
כָּסָה kâçâh, kaw-saw'; a primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy):—clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780.to cover, conceal, hide
(Qal) conceal, covered (participle)
(Niphal) to be covered
(Piel)
to cover, clothe
to cover, conceal
to cover (for protection)
to cover over, spread over
to cover, overwhelm
(Pual)
to be covered
to be clothed
(Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself
Used in 149 Verses, 26 Books 152  Occurrence Count
מָטַר , masculine noun, matar — rain (value 249)
H4306,
מָטַר mâṭar, maw-tawr'; from H4305; rain:—rain.Used in 36 Verses, 12 Books 38  Occurrence Count
עָב , masculine noun, ʿav — dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket (value 72)
H5645,
עָב ʻâb, awb; (masculine and feminine); from H5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse:—clay, (thick) cloud, × thick, thicket. Compare H5672.darkness, cloud, thicket
dark cloud
cloud mass
thicket (as refuge)
Used in 32 Verses, 11 Books 32  Occurrence Count
צָמַח , verb, tzamah — to sprout, spring up (value 138)
H6779,
צָמַח tsâmach, tsaw-makh'; a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):—bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).to sprout, spring up, grow up
(Qal)
to sprout, spring up
of plants
of hair
of speech (fig.)
(Piel) to grow abundantly or thickly
(Hiphil)
to cause to grow
to cause to sprout
Used in 32 Verses, 14 Books 33  Occurrence Count
שָׁמַיִם , masculine noun, shamayim — heaven, sky (value 390)
H8064,
שָׁמַיִם shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim; dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה shâmeh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve):—air, × astrologer, heaven(-s).heaven, heavens, sky
visible heavens, sky
as abode of the stars
as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc
Heaven (as the abode of God)
Used in 395 Verses, 33 Books 413  Occurrence Count
| Psalm 147:8Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬ה שָׁמַ֨יִם ׀ בְּעָבִ֗ים הַמֵּכִ֣ין לָאָ֣רֶץ מָטָ֑ר הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַ הָרִ֣ים חָצִֽיר׃ |
| Verse #16360 (Ch. #625) — 9 words, 40 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Who covereth |
H3680kasa |
כָּסָה |
85 |
| the heaven |
H8064shamayim |
שָׁמַיִם |
390 |
| with clouds, |
H5645ʿav |
עָב |
72 |
| who prepareth |
H3559kun |
כּוּן |
76 |
| rain |
H4306matar |
מָטַר |
249 |
| for the earth, |
H776ʾeretz |
אֶרֶץ |
291 |
| who maketh grass |
H2682hatziyr |
חָצִיר |
308 |
| to grow |
H6779tzamah |
צָמַח |
138 |
| upon the mountains. |
H2022har |
הַר |
205 |
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