Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 16:23 - Lips
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The heart | H3820 | לֵב |
[Noun Masculine] the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the {feelings} the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything |
of the wise | H2450 | חָכָם |
[Adjective] {wise} (that {is} {intelligent} skilful or artful) |
teacheth | H7919 | שָׂכַל |
[Verb] to be (causeatively make or act) circumspect and hence intelligent |
his mouth | H6310 | פֶּה |
[Noun Masculine] the mouth (as the means of {blowing }) whether literally or figuratively (particularly speech); specifically {edge} portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to |
and addeth | H3254 | יָסַף |
[Verb] to add or augment (often adverbially to continue to do a thing) |
learning | H3948 | לֶקַח |
[Noun Masculine] properly something {received} that {is} (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglement |
to | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
his 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.) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.