Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 2:17 - Youth
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Which forsaketh | H5800 | עָזַב |
[Verb] to {loosen} that {is} relinquish: {permit} etc. |
the guide | H441 | אַלּוּף |
[Adjective Masculine] familiar; a {friend} also gentle; hence a bullock (as being tame; {applied} although {masculine} to a cow); and so a chieftain (as notable like neat cattle) |
of her youth | H5271 | נָעוּר |
[Noun Feminine] (only in plural collectively or emphatically) {youth} the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people) |
and forgetteth | H7911 | שָׁכַח |
[Verb] to {mislay} that {is} to be oblivious {of} from want of memory or attention |
the covenant | H1285 | בְּרִית |
[Noun Feminine] a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) |
of her God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.