Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 31:23 - Husband
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Her husband | H1167 | בַּעַל |
[Noun Masculine] a master; hence a {husband} or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense |
is known | H3045 | יָדַע |
[Verb] to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of {senses} {figuratively} {literally} euphemistically and inferentially (including {observation} care: recognition; and causatively {instruction} designation: {punishment} etc.) |
in the gates | H8179 | שַׁעַר |
[Noun Masculine] an {opening} that {is} door or gate |
when he sitteth | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
among | H5973 | עִם |
[Preposition] adverb or {preposition} with (that {is} in conjunction {with}) in varied applications; specifically equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) |
the elders | H2205 | זָקֵן |
[Adjective] old |
of the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.