Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 2:8 - Judgment
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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He keepeth | H5341 | נָצַר |
[Verb] to {guard} in a good sense (to {protect} maintain: {obey} etc.) or a bad one (to {conceal} etc.) |
the paths | H734 | אֹרַח |
[Noun Masculine] a well trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan |
of judgment | H4941 | מִשְׁפָּט |
[Noun Masculine] properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced {judicially} especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine {law} individual or {collectively}) including the {act} the {place} the {suit} the {crime} and the penalty; abstractly {justice} including a particular {right} or privilege (statutory or {customary}) or even a style |
and preserveth | H8104 | שָׁמַר |
[Verb] properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc. |
the way | H1870 | דֶּרֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially |
of his saints | H2623 | חָסִיד |
[Adjective] properly {kind} that {is} (religiously) pious (a saint) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.