Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 20:16 - Obscure
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Take | H3947 | לָקַח |
[Verb] to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
his garment | H899 | בֶּגֶד |
[Noun Masculine] a {covering} that {is} clothing; also treachery or pillage |
that | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
is surety | H6148 | עָרַב |
[Verb] to {braid} that {is} intermix; technically to traffic (as if by barter); also to give or be security (as a kind of exchange) |
for | H1157 | בְּעַד |
[Preposition] in up to or over against; generally {at} beside: {among} behind: {for} etc. |
a stranger | H2114 | זוּר |
[Verb] to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a {foreigner} strange: profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery |
and take | H3947 | לָקַח |
[Verb] to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
a pledge | H2254 | חָבַל |
[Verb] to wind tightly (as a {rope}) that {is} to bind; specifically by a pledge; figuratively to {pervert} destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) |
of him for | H1157 | בְּעַד |
[Preposition] in up to or over against; generally {at} beside: {among} behind: {for} etc. |
a strange woman | H5237 | נׇכְרִי |
[Adjective] {strange} in a variety of degrees and applications ({foreign } non-relative: {adulterous} {different } wonderful) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.