Psalm 83

Psalms · Chapter 83

Psalms 83:17

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
may they be ashamedיֵבֹ֖שׁוּye-VO-shuH0954
be ashamed

בּוֹשׁ (bush) 1) to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to feel shame 1a2) to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of) 1b) (Piel) to delay (in shame) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to put to shame 1c2) to act shamefully 1c3) to be ashamed 1d) (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another

and they may be dismayedוְיִבָּהֲל֥וּve-yi-ba-ha-LUH0926
hastely

בְּהִילוּ (be.hi.lu) haste, hastily Aramaic of ba.hal (בָּהַל "to dismay" H0926)

untilעֲדֵי־'a-dei-H5703
perpetuity

עַד (ad) 1) perpetuity, for ever, continuing future 1a) ancient (of past time) 1b) for ever (of future time) 1b1) of continuous existence 1c) for ever (of God's existence)

perpetuityעַ֗ד'AdH5704
till

עַד (ad) prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even Aramaic equivalent: ad (עַד "till" H5705)

and may they be abashedוְֽיַחְפְּר֥וּve-yach-pe-RUH2659
be ashamed

חָפֵר (cha.pher) 1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed 1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed 1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment

and they may perishוְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ve-yo-VE-duH0006
to perish

אָבַד (a.vad) 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (אֲבַד "to destroy" H0007)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.