Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 6:23 - Law
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
the commandment | H4687 | מִצְוָה |
[Noun Feminine] a {command} whether human or divine (collectively the Law) |
is a lamp | H5216 | נִיר |
[Noun Masculine] a lamp (that {is} the burner) or light (literally or figuratively) |
and the law | H8451 | תּוֹרָה |
[Noun Feminine] a precept or {statute} especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch |
is light | H216 | אוֹר |
[Noun Feminine] illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every {sense} including {lightning} {happiness } etc.) |
and reproofs | H8433 | תּוֹכֵחָה |
[Noun Feminine] chastisement; figuratively (by words) {correction} refutation: proof (even in defence) |
of instruction | H4148 | מוּסָר |
[Noun Masculine] properly chastisement; figuratively {reproof} warning or instruction; also restraint |
are the way | H1870 | דֶּרֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially |
of life | H2416 | חַי |
[Adjective] alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh ({plant} {water} {year}) strong; also (as {noun} especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living {thing}) whether literally or figuratively |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.