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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 22:5 - Keep
Proverbs 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorns | H6791 | צֵן |
[Noun Masculine] a thorn; hence a cactus hedge |
| and snares | H6341 | פַּח |
[Noun Masculine] a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina) |
| are in the way | H1870 | דֶּרֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially |
| of the froward | H6141 | עִקֵּשׁ |
[Adjective] distorted; hence false |
| he that doth keep | H8104 | שָׁמַר |
[Verb] properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc. |
| his soul | H5315 | נֶפֶשׁ |
[Noun Feminine] properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) |
| shall be far | H7368 | רָחַק |
[Verb] to widen (in any {direction}) that {is} (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or {figuratively} of place or relation) |
| from | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| them |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.