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Proverbs 8:1

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Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.	Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?	She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Doth not wisdom^H2451 cry^H7121? and understanding^H8394 put forth^H5414 her voice^H6963?

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Original Hebrew

הֲלֹא־חָכְמָה תִקְרָא וּתְבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קֹולָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֲ/לֹֽא	ha./lo'-	H3808	HTi/Tn	¿/ not
חָכְמָ֥ה	chokh.mah	H2451	HNcfsa	wisdom
תִקְרָ֑א	tik.Ra'	H7121	HVqi3fs	does she call out
וּ֝/תְבוּנָ֗ה	u./te.vu.Nah	H8394	HC/Ncfsa	and/ understanding
תִּתֵּ֥ן	ti.Ten	H5414	HVqi3fs	does she give forth?
קוֹלָֽ/הּ	ko.La/h	H6963	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	voice/ her

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

Strong's References

• H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6963 — קוֹל (qôwl, kole): or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.
• H7121 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root (rather identical with קָרָא through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
• H8394 — תָּבוּן (tâbûwn, taw-boon'): and (feminine) תְּבוּנָה; or תּוֹבֻנָה; from בִּין; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice; discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.

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

• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (14): Proverbs 9:3, Isaiah 45:19, Isaiah 46:12, Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 17:19, Matthew 10:27, Matthew 22:9, Luke 8:8, Luke 11:49, Luke 14:7, John 6:59, John 12:44, Acts 17:17, 1 Corinthians 1:24

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: WISDOM-FOLLY
• Nave’s: JESUS, THE CHRIST, SALVATION, WISDOM

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