Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 15:4 - Life
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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A wholesome | H4832 | מַרְפֵּא |
[Noun Masculine] properly {curative} that {is} literally (concretely) a {medicine} or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) {deliverance} or (abstractly) placidity |
tongue | H3956 | לָשׁוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] the tongue (of man or {animals}) used literally (as the instrument of {licking} {eating} or {speech}) and figuratively ({speech} an {ingot} a fork of {flame} a cove of water) |
is a tree | H6086 | עֵץ |
[Noun Masculine] a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks) |
of life | H2416 | חַי |
[Adjective] alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh ({plant} {water} {year}) strong; also (as {noun} especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living {thing}) whether literally or figuratively |
but perverseness | H5558 | סֶלֶף |
[Noun Masculine] {distortion} that {is} (figuratively) viciousness |
therein is a breach | H7667 | שֶׁבֶר |
[Noun Masculine] a {fracture} figuratively ruin; specifically a solution (of a dream) |
in the spirit | H7307 | רוּחַ |
[Noun Feminine] wind; by resemblance {breath} that {is} a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively {life} anger: unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance {spirit} but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.