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Psalms 51:4

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For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.	Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.	Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned^H2398, and done^H6213 this evil^H7451 in thy sight^H5869: that thou mightest be justified^H6663 when thou speakest^H1696, and be clear^H2135 when thou judgest^H8199.

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Original Hebrew

[הַרְבֵּה כ] (הֶרֶב ק) כַּבְּסֵנִי מֵעֲוֹנִי וּמֵחַטָּאתִי טַהֲרֵנִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הרבה	râbâh	H7235	HVha
כַּבְּסֵ֣/נִי	ka.be.Se./ni	H3526	HVpv2ms/Sp1cs	wash/ me
מֵ/עֲוֺנִ֑/י	me./'a.vo.N/i	H5771	HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cs	from/ iniquity/ my
וּֽ/מֵ/חַטָּאתִ֥/י	u./me./cha.ta.T/i	H2403	HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp1cs	and/ from/ sin/ my
טַהֲרֵֽ/נִי	ta.ha.Re./ni	H2891	HVpv2ms/Sp1cs	cleanse/ me

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

Strong's References

• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H2135 — זָכָה (zâkâh, zaw-kaw'): a primitive root (compare זָכַךְ); to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent; be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.
• H2398 — חָטָא (châṭâʼ, khaw-taw'): a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn; bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6663 — צָדַק (tsâdaq, tsaw-dak'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense); cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H8199 — שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'): a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively); [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.

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

• H2403 — חַטָּאָה (chaṭṭâʼâh, khat-taw-aw'): or חַטָּאת; from חָטָא; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender; punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
• H2891 — טָהֵר (ṭâhêr, taw-hare'): a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication); to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy); be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
• H3526 — כָּבַס (kâbaç, kaw-bas'): a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative; fuller, wash(-ing).
• H5771 — עָוֺן (ʻâvôn, aw-vone'): or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (אֲבַד)), from עָוָה; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil; fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
• H7235 — רָבָה (râbâh, raw-baw'): a primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect); (bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for רָבַב), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), [idiom] process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.

Cross References

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

• Against — Genesis 9:6, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 39:9, Leviticus 5:19, Leviticus 6:2-7, 2 Samuel 12:9-10, 2 Samuel 12:13-14, James 2:9, James 2:11
• evil — Genesis 38:7, 2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 21:6, Luke 15:21
• that thou — Psalms 50:4, Psalms 50:6, Luke 7:29, Romans 3:4
• when — Acts 17:31, Romans 2:5, Revelation 15:3-4, Revelation 16:5, Revelation 19:11

Reciprocal references (22): Genesis 15:14, Leviticus 26:41, 1 Samuel 2:17, 1 Samuel 2:25, 2 Samuel 11:15, 2 Samuel 11:27, 1 Kings 18:2, 1 Chronicles 21:17, Job 40:4, Job 40:8, Job 42:7, Psalms 32:5, Psalms 78:1, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Isaiah 5:3, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 14:20, Jeremiah 50:14, Lamentations 1:20, Daniel 9:7, Micah 6:3, Matthew 15:27

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DAVID, DEFILEMENT-CLEANSING
• Torrey’s: JUSTICE OF GOD, THE
• Nave’s: CONSCIENCE, CONVICTION, DESIRE, GOD, HOMICIDE, PRAYER, QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS, REMORSE, REPENTANCE, SIN

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