1 Chronicles 16:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ה֤וֹד וְהָדָר֙ לְפָנָ֔יו עֹ֥ז וְחֶדְוָ֖ה בִּמְקֹמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

hôd [Splendor] and hādār [majesty] before him, ʿōz [strength] and ḥedwâ [joy] in his māqôm [place].

Grammar Details

*hôd*: singular noun - splendor/majesty
*hādār*: singular noun - majesty/splendor
*ʿōz*: singular noun - strength/might
*ḥedwâ*: singular noun - joy/gladness
*māqôm*: singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his place
*lĕ-pānāw*: preposition + plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - before him
*bĕ-* (prefix): preposition - in
*wĕ-* (prefix): conjunction - and

Word Meanings

*hôd*: splendor/majesty/glory
*hādār*: majesty/splendor/honor
*ʿōz*: strength/might/power
*ḥedwâ*: joy/gladness
*māqôm*: place/location/dwelling

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 43:2-4 : 2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 Oh send out thy light and thy truth; Let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
Ps 63:2-3 : 2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.
Ps 96:6 : 6 Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Ps 8:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
Ps 16:11 : 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Ps 27:4-6 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple. 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock. 6 And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me. And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.
Ps 28:7-8 : 7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him. 8 Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

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