Proverbs 5:4

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For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:	But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.	Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But her end^H319 is bitter^H4751 as wormwood^H3939, sharp^H2299 as a twoedged^H6310 sword^H2719.

Original Hebrew

וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָה כַלַּעֲנָה חַדָּה כְּחֶרֶב פִּיֹּות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְֽ֭/אַחֲרִיתָ/הּ	Ve./'a.cha.ri.ta/h	H319	HC/Ncfsc/Sp3fs	and/ end/ her
מָרָ֣ה	ma.Rah	H4751	HAafsa	(is) bitter
כַֽ/לַּעֲנָ֑ה	kha./la.'a.Nah	H3939	HRd/Ncfsa	like (the)/ wormwood
חַ֝דָּ֗ה	cha.Dah	H2299	HAafsa	sharp
כְּ/חֶ֣רֶב	ke./Che.rev	H2719	HR/Ncfsc	like/ a sword of
פִּיּֽוֹת	pi.Yot	H6310	HNcmpa	mouths

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

Strong's References

H319 — אַחֲרִית (ʼachărîyth, akh-ar-eeth'): from אַחַר; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity; (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
H2299 — חַד (chad, khad): from חָדַד; sharp; sharp.
H2719 — חֶרֶב (chereb, kheh'-reb): from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
H3939 — לַעֲנָה (laʻănâh, lah-an-aw'): from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed); hemlock, wormwood.
H4751 — מַר (mar, mar): or (feminine) מָרָה; from מָרַר; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly; [phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.
H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.

Cross References

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

her — Proverbs 6:24-35, Proverbs 7:22-23, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 23:27-28, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Hebrews 12:15-16
sharp — Judges 16:4-6, Judges 16:15-21, Psalms 55:21, Hebrews 4:12

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: WOMEN, WORMWOOD
Torrey’s: ARMS, MILITARY
Nave’s: ADULTERY, HARLOT (PROSTITUTE), LASCIVIOUSNESS, WOMEN, WORMWOOD, YOUNG MEN

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