Proverbs 1:9

← Proverbs 1:8	Proverbs 1:9 (KJV)	Proverbs 1:10 →
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:	For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.	My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For they shall be an ornament^H3880 of grace^H2580 unto thy head^H7218, and chains^H6060 about thy neck^H1621.

Original Hebrew

כִּי ׀ לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָ וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶיךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לִוְיַ֤ת	liv.Yat	H3880	HNcfsc	(will be) a wreath of
חֵ֓ן	chen	H2580	HNcmsa	favor
הֵ֬ם	hem	H1992	HPp3mp	they
לְ/רֹאשֶׁ֑/ךָ	le./ro.She./kha	H7218	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	for/ head/ your
וַ֝/עֲנָקִ֗ים	va./'a.na.Kim	H6060	HC/Ncmpa	and/ necklaces
לְ/גַרְגְּרֹתֶֽי/ךָ	le./gar.ge.ro.Tei./kha	H1621	HR/Ncfpc/Sp2ms	for/ neck/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1621 — גַּרְגְּרוֹת (gargᵉrôwth, gar-gher-owth'): feminine plural from גָּרַר; the throat (as used in rumination); neck.
H2580 — חֵן (chên, khane): from חָנַן; graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty); favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-) favoured.
H3880 — לִוְיָה (livyâh, liv-yaw'): from לָוָה; something attached, i.e. a wreath; ornament.
H6060 — עָנָק (ʻânâq, aw-nawk'): from עָנַק; a necklace (as if strangling); chain.
H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

an ornament — Genesis 41:42, Isaiah 3:19, Ezekiel 16:11, Daniel 5:7, Daniel 5:16, Daniel 5:29
they — Proverbs 3:22, Proverbs 4:9, Proverbs 6:20-21, 1 Timothy 2:9-10, 1 Peter 3:3-4

Related Topics

No content yet

No content yet

Bible › Proverbs › Proverbs 1 › Verse 9