Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 17:28 - Wise
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Even | H1571 | גַּם |
[Adverb] properly assemblage; used only adverbially {also} even: {yea} though; often repeated as correlation both ... and |
a fool | H191 | אֱוִיל |
[Adjective Masculine] (figuratively) silly |
when he holdeth his peace | H2790 | חָרַשׁ |
[Verb] to {scratch} that {is} (by implication) to {engrave} plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be {silent} to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness) |
is counted | H2803 | חָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to plait or {interpenetrate} that {is} (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to {think} regard: {value} compute |
wise | H2450 | חָכָם |
[Adjective] {wise} (that {is} {intelligent} skilful or artful) |
and he that shutteth | H331 | אָטַם |
[Verb] to close (the lips or ears); by analogy to contract (a window by bevelled jambs) |
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.) |
is esteemed a man of understanding | H995 | בִּין |
[Verb] to separate mentally (or {distinguish }) that {is} (generally) understand |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.