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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 26:16 - With
Proverbs 26:16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The sluggard | H6102 | עָצֵל |
[Adjective] indolent |
is wiser | H2450 | חָכָם |
[Adjective] {wise} (that {is} {intelligent} skilful or artful) |
in his own conceit | H5869 | עַיִן |
[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
than seven | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
men that can render | H7725 | שׁוּב |
[Verb] to turn back ({hence} away) transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again |
a reason | H2940 | טַעַם |
[Noun Masculine] properly a {taste} that {is} (figuratively) perception; by implication intelligence; transitively a mandate |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.