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Psalms 145:3

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Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.	Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.	One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Great^H1419 is the LORD^H3068, and greatly^H3966 to be praised^H1984; and his greatness^H1420 is unsearchable^H2714.

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Original Hebrew

גָּדֹול יְהוָה וּמְהֻלָּל מְאֹד וְלִגְדֻלָּתֹו אֵין חֵקֶר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
גָּ֘ד֤וֹל	ga.Dol	H1419	HAamsa	(is) great
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
וּ/מְהֻלָּ֣ל	u./me.hu.Lal	H1984	HC/VPsmsa	and/ (is) to be praised
מְאֹ֑ד	me.'Od	H3966	HD	exceedingly
וְ֝/לִ/גְדֻלָּת֗/וֹ	ve./li/g.du.la.T/o	H1420	HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	and/ to/ greatness/ his
אֵ֣ין	'ein	H369	HTn	there not
חֵֽקֶר	Che.ker	H2714	HNcmsa	(is) inquiry

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
• H1420 — גְּדוּלָה (gᵉdûwlâh, ghed-oo-law'): or גְּדֻלָּה; (shortened) or (less accurately) גְּדוּלָּה; feminine of גָּדוֹל; greatness; (concretely) mighty acts; dignity, great things(-ness), majesty.
• H1984 — הָלַל (hâlal, haw-lal'): a primitive root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify; (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
• H2714 — חֵקֶר (chêqer, khay'-ker): from חָקַר; examination, enumeration, deliberation; finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3966 — מְאֹד (mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'): from the same as אוּד; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated); diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• and his greatness is unsearchable — Job 5:9, Job 9:10, Job 11:7-9, Job 26:14, Psalms 139:6, Isaiah 40:28, Romans 11:33
• Great — Job 5:9, Job 9:10, Psalms 48:1, Psalms 96:4, Psalms 147:5, Revelation 15:3

Reciprocal references (20): Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 32:3, 2 Samuel 7:22, 2 Chronicles 2:5, Ezra 5:8, Job 36:26, Psalms 29:2, Psalms 50:1, Psalms 86:10, Psalms 92:5, Psalms 95:3, Psalms 104:1, Psalms 106:2, Psalms 149:6, Psalms 150:2, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 32:18, Daniel 2:45, Luke 8:38, John 10:29

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: GREATNESS
• Nave’s: GOD, PRAISE

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