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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 20:23 - Abomination
Proverbs 20:23 - Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Divers weights | H68 | אֶבֶן |
[Noun Feminine] a stone |
are an abomination | H8441 | תּוֹעֵבַה |
[Noun Feminine] properly something disgusting ({morally}) that {is} (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol |
unto the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
and a false | H4820 | מִרְמָה |
[Noun Feminine] fraud |
balance | H3976 | מֹאזֵן |
[Noun Masculine] (only in the dual) a pair of scales |
is not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
good | H2896 | טוֹב |
[Adjective] good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a {noun} both in the masculine and the {feminine} the singular and the plural ({good } a good or good {thing} a good man or woman; the {good} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.