Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 18:9 - Work
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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He | H1931 | הוּא |
[Pronoun] a primitive {word} the third person pronoun {singular} he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) {self} or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are |
also | H1571 | גַּם |
[Adverb] properly assemblage; used only adverbially {also} even: {yea} though; often repeated as correlation both ... and |
that is slothful | H7503 | רָפָה |
[Verb] to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively) |
in his work | H4399 | מְלָאכָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly {deputyship} that {is} ministry; generally employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) |
is brother | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
to him that is a great | H1167 | בַּעַל |
[Noun Masculine] a master; hence a {husband} or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense |
waster | H4889 | מַשְׁחִית |
[Noun Masculine] {destructive} that {is} (as noun) {destruction} literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.