Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 2:20 - Keep
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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That | H4616 | מַעַן |
properly {heed} that {is} purpose; used only {adverbially} on account of (as a motive or an {aim}) teleologically in order that |
thou mayest walk | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
in the way | H1870 | דֶּרֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially |
of good | H2896 | טוֹב |
[Adjective] good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a {noun} both in the masculine and the {feminine} the singular and the plural ({good } a good or good {thing} a good man or woman; the {good} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well) |
men and keep | H8104 | שָׁמַר |
[Verb] properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc. |
the paths | H734 | אֹרַח |
[Noun Masculine] a well trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan |
of the righteous | H6662 | צַדִּיק |
[Adjective] just |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.