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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 20:5 - Counsel
Proverbs 20:5 - Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Counsel | H6098 | עֵצָה |
[Noun Feminine] advice; by implication plan; also prudence |
in the heart | H3820 | לֵב |
[Noun Masculine] the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the {feelings} the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything |
of 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.) |
is like deep | H6013 | עָמֹק |
[Adjective] deep (literally or figuratively) |
water | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
but 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 |
will draw it out | H1802 | דָּלָה |
[Verb] properly to {dangle} that {is} to let down a bucket (for drawing out water); figuratively to deliver |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.