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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 15:33 - Humility
Proverbs 15:33 - The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The fear | H3374 | יִרְאָה |
[Noun Feminine] fear (also used as infinitive); morally reverence |
of the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
is the instruction | H4148 | מוּסָר |
[Noun Masculine] properly chastisement; figuratively {reproof} warning or instruction; also restraint |
of wisdom | H2451 | חׇכְמָה |
[Noun Feminine] wisdom (in a good sense) |
and before | H6440 | פָּנִים |
[Noun Masculine] from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ({before } etc.) |
honour | H3519 | כָּבוֹד |
[Noun Masculine] properly weight; but only figuratively in a good {sense} splendor or copiousness |
is humility | H6038 | עֲנָוָה |
[Noun Feminine] {condescension} human and subjective ({modesty }) or divine and objective (clemency) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.