Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 25:23 - Rain
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The north | H6828 | צָפוֹן |
[Noun Feminine] properly {hidden} that {is} dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) |
wind | 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) |
driveth away | H2342 | חוּל |
[Verb] properly to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral {manner}) that {is} (specifically) to {dance} to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively to {wait} to pervert |
rain | H1653 | גֶּשֶׁם |
[Noun Masculine] a shower |
so doth an angry | H2194 | זָעַם |
[Verb] properly to foam at the {mouth} that {is} to be enraged |
countenance | 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.) |
a backbiting | H5643 | סֵתֶר |
[Noun Masculine] a cover (in a good or a {bad} a literal or a figurative sense) |
tongue | H3956 | לָשׁוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] the tongue (of man or {animals}) used literally (as the instrument of {licking} {eating} or {speech}) and figuratively ({speech} an {ingot} a fork of {flame} a cove of water) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.