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Proverbs 17:28
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He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
Even a foolH191, when he holdeth his peaceH2790, is countedH2803 wiseH2450: and he that shuttethH331 his lipsH8193 is esteemed a man of understandingH995.
Original Hebrew
גַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב אֹטֵם שְׂפָתָיו נָבֹון׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
גַּ֤ם |
gam | H1571 | HTa | also |
אֱוִ֣יל |
'e.Vil | H191 | HAamsa | a fool |
מַ֭חֲרִישׁ |
Ma.cha.rish | H2790 | HVhrmsa | (who) keeps silent |
חָכָ֣ם |
cha.Kham | H2450 | HAamsa | wise |
יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב |
ye.cha.Shev | H2803 | HVNi3ms | he is considered |
אֹטֵ֖ם |
'o.Tem | H331 | HVqrmsa | (who) shuts |
שְׂפָתָ֣י/ו |
se.fa.Ta/v | H8193 | HNcfdc/Sp3ms | lips/ his |
נָבֽוֹן |
na.Von | H995 | HVNrmsa | discerning |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H191 — אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'): from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly; fool(-ish) (man).
- H331 — אָטַם (ʼâṭam, aw-tam'): a primitive root; to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs); narrow, shut, stop.
- H995 — בִּין (bîyn, bene): a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand; attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
- H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
- H2790 — חָרַשׁ (chârash, khaw-rash'): a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness); [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
- H2803 — חָשַׁב (châshab, khaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
- H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
Cross References
Reciprocal references (4): Job 32:16, Proverbs 10:19, Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 30:32
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: SILENCE-SPEECH
- Nave’s: SPEAKING
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