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Proverbs 16:24
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The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
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Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
PleasantH5278 wordsH561 are as an honeycombH6688 H1706, sweetH4966 to the soulH5315, and healthH4832 to the bonesH6106.
Original Hebrew
צוּף־דְּבַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹעַם מָתֹוק לַנֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּא לָעָצֶם׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
צוּף |
tzuf- | H6688 | HNcmsc | (are) a honeycomb of |
דְּ֭בַשׁ |
De.vash | H1706 | HNcmsa | honey |
אִמְרֵי |
'im.rei- | H561 | HNcmpc | words of |
נֹ֑עַם |
No.'am | H5278 | HNcmsa | kindness |
מָת֥וֹק |
ma.Tok | H4966 | HAamsa | a sweet (thing) |
לַ֝/נֶּפֶשׁ |
La./ne.fesh | H5315 | HRd/Ncbsa | to the/ soul |
וּ/מַרְפֵּ֥א |
u./mar.Pe' | H4832 | HC/Ncmsa | and/ healing |
לָ/עָֽצֶם |
la./'A.tzem | H6106 | HRd/Ncfsa | to the/ bone(s) |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H561 — אֵמֶר (ʼêmer, ay'-mer): from אָמַר; something said; answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
- H1706 — דְּבַשׁ (dᵉbash, deb-ash'): from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup; honey(-comb).
- H4832 — מַרְפֵּא (marpêʼ, mar-pay'): from רָפָא; properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity; (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
- H4966 — מָתוֹק (mâthôwq, maw-thoke'): or מָתוּק; from מָתַק; sweet; sweet(-er, -ness).
- H5278 — נֹעַם (nôʻam, no'-am): from נָעֵם; agreeableness, i.e. delight, suitableness, splendor or grace; beauty, pleasant(-ness).
- H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
- H6106 — עֶצֶם (ʻetsem, eh'tsem): from עָצַם; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame; body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.
- H6688 — צוּף (tsûwph, tsoof): from צוּף; comb of honey (from dripping); honeycomb.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- an — Psalms 19:10, Psalms 119:103, Proverbs 24:13-14, Jeremiah 15:16
- health — Proverbs 3:8, Proverbs 4:22
- Pleasant — Deuteronomy 32:2, Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 15:23, Proverbs 15:26, Proverbs 23:16, Proverbs 25:11-12, Proverbs 27:9, John 20:19-21
Reciprocal references (7): Job 4:4, Proverbs 12:25, Proverbs 15:4, Proverbs 16:21, Proverbs 20:15, Proverbs 31:26, Revelation 10:10
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: SILENCE-SPEECH
- Torrey’s: HONEY
- Nave’s: SPEAKING, WISDOM
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