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Proverbs 8:22


Proverbs 8:21 Proverbs 8:22 (KJV) Proverbs 8:23
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The LORDH3068 possessedH7069 me in the beginningH7225 of his wayH1870, beforeH6924 his worksH4659 of old.


Original Hebrew

יְהוָה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֹּו קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
יְֽהוָ֗ה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
קָ֭נָ/נִי
Ka.na./ni H7069 HVqp3ms/Sp1cs he created/ me
רֵאשִׁ֣ית
re.Shit H7225 HNcfsc (the) beginning of
דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ
dar.K/o H1870 HNcbsc/Sp3ms way/ his
קֶ֖דֶם
Ke.dem H6924 HNcmsc (the) beginning of
מִפְעָלָ֣י/ו
mif.'a.La/v H4659 HNcmpc/Sp3ms works/ his
מֵ/אָֽז
me./'Az H227 HR/D from/ then
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
  • H4659 — מִפְעָל (miphʻâl, mif-awl'): or (feminine) מִפְעָלָה; from פָּעַל; a performance; work.
  • H6924 — קֶדֶם (qedem, keh'-dem): or קֵדְמָה; from קָדַם; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward); aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare קִדְמָה.
  • H7069 — קָנָה (qânâh, kaw-naw'): a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own; attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.
  • H7225 — רֵאשִׁית (rêʼshîyth, ray-sheeth'): from the same as רֹאשׁ; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit); beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

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

  • H227 — אָז (ʼâz, awz): a demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore; beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.

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