KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Psalm 22:15 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “My strength” | כֹּחִ֗י | Vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard | strength |
| “is dried up” | יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ | To be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage) | dried up |
| “like a potsherd;” | כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ׀ | A piece of pottery | like potsherd |
| “and my tongue” | וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי | 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) | tongue |
| “cleaveth” | מֻדְבָּ֣ק | Properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit | cleaveth |
| “to my jaws;” | מַלְקוֹחָ֑י | Intransitively, spoil [and captives] (as taken) | jaws |
| “and thou hast brought” | תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי׃ | To locate, i.e., (generally) hang on or (figuratively) establish, reduce | brought |
| “me into the dust” | וְֽלַעֲפַר | Dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud | dust |
| “of death.” | מָ֥וֶת | Death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin | death |
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13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
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