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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 20:20 - Curseth
Proverbs 20:20 - Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Whoso curseth | H7043 | קָלַל |
[Verb] to be (causatively make) {light} literally ({swift } small: {sharp} etc.) or figuratively ({easy } trifling: {vile} etc.) |
his father | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
or his mother | H517 | אֵם |
[Noun Feminine] a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively); (like H1) |
his lamp | H5216 | נִיר |
[Noun Masculine] a lamp (that {is} the burner) or light (literally or figuratively) |
shall be put out | H1846 | דָּעַךְ |
[Verb] to be extinguished; figuratively to expire or be dried up |
in obscure | H380 | אִישׁוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence the middle (of night) |
darkness | H2822 | חֹשֶׁךְ |
[Noun Masculine] the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively {misery} destruction: {death} ignorance: {sorrow} wickedness |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.