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Psalm 83

Psa. 83:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For they have consulted
ya`ats (Hebrew #3289)
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
KJV usage: advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
a together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
with one χconsent
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
: they are
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
confederate
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
against thee:

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 2:2• 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:2)
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Prov. 21:30• 30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah. (Prov. 21:30)
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Isa. 7:5‑7• 5Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim also and the son of Remaliah, saying,
6Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein--the son of Tabeal;
7thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall not stand, nor come to pass;
(Isa. 7:5‑7)
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Isa. 8:9‑10• 9Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!
10Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for *God is with us.
(Isa. 8:9‑10)
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John 11:47‑53• 47The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
48If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing
50nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.
51But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation;
52and not for the nation only, but that he should also gather together into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
53From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him.
(John 11:47‑53)
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Acts 23:12‑13• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
13And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;
(Acts 23:12‑13)
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Rev. 17:13• 13These have one mind, and give their power and authority to the beast. (Rev. 17:13)
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Rev. 19:19• 19And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army. (Rev. 19:19)
consent.
Heb. heart.
they are.
 (vv. 5-8) In seeking to achieve this end the nations confer together, forming themselves into a confederacy against God. The nations immediately surrounding the land of Israel are enumerated. They are aided by the Assyrian from the north. (Psalms 83 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For they have consulted together with one heart: they have made an alliance together against thee.