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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 17:14 - Beginning
Proverbs 17:14 - The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The beginning | H7225 | רֵאשִׁית |
[Noun Feminine] the {first} in {place} {time} order or rank (specifically a firstfruit) |
of strife | H4066 | מָדוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] a contest or quarrel |
is as when one letteth out | H6362 | פָּטַר |
[Verb] to cleave or burst {through} that {is} (causatively) to {emit} whether literally or figuratively (gape) |
water | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
therefore leave off | H5203 | נָטַשׁ |
[Verb] properly to {pound} that {is} smite; by implication (as if beating {out} and thus expanding) to disperse; {also} to thrust {off} {down} out or upon (including {reject} let {alone} permit: {remit} etc.) |
contention | H7379 | רִיב |
[Noun Masculine] a contest (personal or legal) |
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.) |
it be meddled with | H1566 | גָּלַע |
[Verb] to be obstinate |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.