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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 4:20 - Incline
Proverbs 4:20 - My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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My son | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
attend | H7181 | קָשַׁב |
[Verb] to prick up the {ears} that {is} hearken |
to my words | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
incline | H5186 | נָטָה |
[Verb] to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications |
thine ear | H241 | אֹזֶן |
[Noun Feminine] {broadness} that {is} (concretely) the ear (from its form in man) |
unto my sayings | H561 | אֵמֶר |
[Noun Masculine] something said |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.