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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 16:24 - Words
Proverbs 16:24 - Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Pleasant | H5278 | נֹעַם |
[Noun Masculine] {agreeableness} that {is} delight: {suitableness} splendor or grace |
words | H561 | אֵמֶר |
[Noun Masculine] something said |
are as an honeycomb | H6688 | צוּף |
[Noun Masculine] comb of honey (from dripping) |
sweet | H4966 | מָתוֹק |
[Adjective] sweet |
to the soul | H5315 | נֶפֶשׁ |
[Noun Feminine] properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) |
and health | H4832 | מַרְפֵּא |
[Noun Masculine] properly {curative} that {is} literally (concretely) a {medicine} or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) {deliverance} or (abstractly) placidity |
to the bones | H6106 | עֶצֶם |
[Noun Feminine] a bone (as strong); by extension the body; figuratively the {substance} that {is} (as pronoun) selfsame |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.