Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 17:27 - Spirit
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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He that hath knowledge | 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.) |
spareth | H2820 | חָשַׂךְ |
[Verb] to restrain or (reflexively) refrain; by implication to {refuse} spare: preserve; also (by interchange with H2821) to observe |
his words | H561 | אֵמֶר |
[Noun Masculine] something said |
and a 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.) |
of understanding | H8394 | תָּבוּן |
[Noun Masculine] from H995; intelligence; by implication an argument; by extension caprice |
is of an excellent | H3368 | יָקָר |
[Adjective] valuable (objectively or subjectively) |
spirit | H7307 | רוּחַ |
[Noun Feminine] wind; by resemblance {breath} that {is} a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively {life} anger: unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance {spirit} but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.