Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 23:5 - Wings
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Wilt thou set | H5774 | עוּף |
[Verb] to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning) |
thine eyes | H5869 | עַיִן |
[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
upon that which is not | H369 | אַיִן |
[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
riches certainly make | H6213 | עָשָׂה |
[Verb] to do or {make} in the broadest sense and widest application |
themselves wings | H3671 | כָּנָף |
[Noun Feminine] an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a {wing} (of a garment or bed clothing) a {flap} (of the earth) a {quarter} (of a building) a pinnacle |
they fly away | H5774 | עוּף |
[Verb] to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from H5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning) |
as an eagle | H5404 | נֶשֶׁר |
[Noun Masculine] the eagle (or other large bird of prey) |
toward heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.