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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 23:6 - Neither
Proverbs 23:6 - Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Eat | H3898 | לָחַם |
[Verb] to feed on; figuratively to consume; by implication to battle (as destruction) |
thou not | H408 | אַל |
not (the qualified {negation} used as a deprecative); once ( |
the bread | H3899 | לֶחֶם |
[Noun Masculine] food (for man or {beast}) especially {bread} or grain (for making it) |
of him that hath an evil | H7451 | רַע |
[Adjective] bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun |
eye | H5869 | עַיִן |
[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
neither | H408 | אַל |
not (the qualified {negation} used as a deprecative); once ( |
desire | H183 | אָוָה |
[Verb] to wish for |
thou his dainty meats | H4303 | מַטְעַם |
[Noun Masculine] a delicacy |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.