KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 55:5–6
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Psalms 55:5
5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
5†Fearefulnesse and trembling are come vpon me, and horrour hath ouerwhelmed me.
- Heb. couered me.
Psalms 55:6
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
6And I said, O that I had wings like a doue; for then would I flee away and be at rest.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 55:5
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Fearfulness
State of being afraid; awe; dread.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Great fear, dread, or terrified sorrow.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
overwhelmed
To overcome, overpower, or bear down completely.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 55:6
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Limbs by which birds or flying creatures fly; by extension, sides or extremities and figures of shelter or speed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A comparison to a dove's wings, cry, nesting, movement, or perceived character.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To move through the air by wings; to move swiftly or rush; to flee or pass away swiftly; or, as a noun, a winged insect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Repose, relief, or cessation from labour; also what remains.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 5
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Open the full verse study6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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Open the full verse study120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
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Open the full verse study44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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Open the full verse study14And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
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Open the full verse study18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
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Open the full verse study4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
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Open the full verse study15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
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Open the full verse study4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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Open the full verse study6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
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Open the full verse study2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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Open the full verse study15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
From verse 6
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Open the full verse study1IN the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
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Open the full verse study14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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Open the full verse study9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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