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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 11:17 - Flesh
Proverbs 11:17 - The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The merciful | H2617 | חֵסֵד |
[Noun Masculine] kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) {reproof} or (subjectively) beauty |
man | H376 | אִישׁ |
[Noun Masculine] a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.) |
doeth good | H1580 | גָּמַל |
[Verb] to treat a person (well or {ill}) that {is} benefit or requite; by implication (of toil) to {ripen} that {is} (specifically) to wean |
to his own soul | H5315 | נֶפֶשׁ |
[Noun Feminine] properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) |
but he that is cruel | H394 | אַכְזָרִי |
[Adjective] terrible |
troubleth | H5916 | עָכַר |
[Verb] properly to roil water; figuratively to disturb or afflict |
his own flesh | H7607 | שְׁאֵר |
[Noun Masculine] flesh (as swelling {out}) as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively kindred by blood |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.