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Proverbs 20:2
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Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
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[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
The fearH367 of a kingH4428 is as the roaringH5099 of a lionH3715: whoso provoketh him to angerH5674 sinnethH2398 against his own soulH5315.
Original Hebrew
נַהַם כַּכְּפִיר אֵימַת מֶלֶךְ מִתְעַבְּרֹו חֹוטֵא נַפְשֹׁו׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
נַ֣הַם |
Na.ham | H5099 | HNcmsa | (is) a roaring |
כַּ֭/כְּפִיר |
Ka./ke.fir | H3715 | HRd/Ncmsa | like (the)/ young lion |
אֵ֣ימַת |
'Ei.mat | H367 | HNcfsc | (the) terror of |
מֶ֑לֶךְ |
Me.lekh | H4428 | HNcmsa | a king |
מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗/וֹ |
mit.'a.be.R/o | H5674 | HVtrmsc/Sp3ms | (one who) infuriates/ him |
חוֹטֵ֥א |
cho.Te' | H2398 | HVqrmsa | (is) missing |
נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ |
naf.Sh/o | H5315 | HNcbsc/Sp3ms | life/ his |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H367 — אֵימָה (ʼêymâh, ay-maw'): or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as אָיֹם; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear); dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.
- H2398 — חָטָא (châṭâʼ, khaw-taw'): a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn; bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
- H3715 — כְּפִיר (kᵉphîyr, kef-eer'): from כָּפַר; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane); (young) lion, village. Compare כָּפָר.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
- H5099 — נַהַם (naham, nah'-ham): from נָהַם; a snarl; roaring.
- 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.
- H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- fear — Proverbs 16:14-15, Proverbs 19:12, Ecclesiastes 10:4, Hosea 11:10, Amos 3:8
- sinneth — 1 Kings 2:23, Proverbs 8:36
Reciprocal references (14): Numbers 16:38, Esther 1:12, Proverbs 24:22, Proverbs 28:15, Proverbs 29:24, Proverbs 30:31, Ecclesiastes 8:4, Ecclesiastes 10:16, Daniel 2:12, Amos 1:2, Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4, 2 Timothy 4:17, 1 Peter 5:8
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: NATION, THE
- Torrey’s: KINGS
- Nave’s: CITIZENS, LION
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