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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 18:8 - Belly
Proverbs 18:8 - The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The words | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
| of a talebearer | H5372 | נִרְגָּן |
[Verb] a slanderer |
| are as wounds | H3859 | לָהַם |
[Verb] properly to burn {in} that {is} (figuratively) to rankle |
| and they | H1992 | הֵם |
[Masculine] they (only used when emphatic) |
| go down | H3381 | יָרַד |
[Verb] to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower {region} as the {shore} a {boundary} the {enemy} etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications) |
| into the innermost parts | H2315 | חֶדֶר |
[Noun Masculine] an apartment (usually literally) |
| of the belly | H990 | בֶּטֶן |
[Noun Feminine] the {belly} especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.