Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 12:18 - Tongue
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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There is | H3426 | יֵשׁ |
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to {be} as may suit the connection) |
that speaketh | H981 | בָּטָא |
[Verb] to babble; hence to vociferate angrily |
like the piercings | H4094 | מַדְקָרָה |
[Noun Feminine] a wound |
of a sword | H2719 | חֶרֶב |
[Noun Feminine] drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive {effect}) as a {knife} {sword } or other sharp implement |
but the tongue | H3956 | לָשׁוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] the tongue (of man or {animals}) used literally (as the instrument of {licking} {eating} or {speech}) and figuratively ({speech} an {ingot} a fork of {flame} a cove of water) |
of the wise | H2450 | חָכָם |
[Adjective] {wise} (that {is} {intelligent} skilful or artful) |
is | H3426 | יֵשׁ |
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (H1961); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to {be} as may suit the connection) |
health | H4832 | מַרְפֵּא |
[Noun Masculine] properly {curative} that {is} literally (concretely) a {medicine} or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) {deliverance} or (abstractly) placidity |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.