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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 16:13 - Speaketh
Proverbs 16:13 - Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Righteous | H6664 | צֶדֶק |
[Noun Masculine] the right ({natural} moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity |
lips | H8193 | שָׂפָה |
[Noun Feminine] Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a {vessel} {water} {cloth} etc.) |
are the delight | H7522 | רָצוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] delight |
of kings | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
and they love | H157 | אָהַב |
[Verb] to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) |
him that speaketh | H1696 | דָבַר |
[Verb] perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
right | H3477 | יָשָׁר |
[Adjective] straight (literally or figuratively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.