King James Version
Psalms 22:16 in the King James Version says “For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”
Psalms 22:16 · KJV
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. out of: or, sundered
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.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“have compassed”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
“me the assembly”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
“of the wicked”
H7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally)
“have inclosed”
H5362to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e., surround or circulate
“me they pierced”
H3738properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
“my hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“and my feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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