Proverbs 2:18

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Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.	For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.	None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For her house^H1004 inclineth^H7743 unto death^H4194, and her paths^H4570 unto the dead^H7496.

Original Hebrew

כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל־מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל־רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	for
שָׁ֣חָה	Sha.chah	H7743	HVqp3fs	she sank down
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
מָ֣וֶת	Ma.vet	H4194	HNcmsa	death
בֵּיתָ֑/הּ	bei.Ta/h	H1004	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	house/ her
וְ/אֶל	ve./'el-	H413	HC/R	and/ to
רְ֝פָאִ֗ים	re.fa.'Im	H7496	HNcmpa	(the) shades
מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽי/הָ	ma'.ge.lo.Tei./ha	H4570	HNcmpc/Sp3fs	tracks/ her

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

Strong's References

H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
H4194 — מָוֶת (mâveth, maw'-veth): from מוּת; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
H4570 — מַעְגָּל (maʻgâl, mah-gawl'): or feminine מַעְגָּלָה; from the same as עָגֹל; a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular); going, path, trench, way(-side).
H7496 — רָפָא (râphâʼ, raw-faw'): from רָפָא in the sense of רָפָה; properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only); dead, deceased.
H7743 — שׁוּחַ (shûwach, shoo'-akh): a primitive root; to sink, literally or figuratively; bow down, incline, humble.

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

H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
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

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: WOMEN
Torrey’s: ALLIANCE AND SOCIETY WITH THE ENEMIES OF GOD
Nave’s: ADULTERY, CHASTITY, LASCIVIOUSNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS, WICKED (PEOPLE), WISDOM, WOMEN, YOUNG MEN

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