Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 4:16 - Sleep
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
they sleep | H3462 | יָשֵׁן |
[Verb] properly to be slack or {languid} that {is} (by implication) sleep (figuratively to die); also to grow {old} stale or inveterate |
not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
except | H518 | אִם |
used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not |
they have done mischief | H7489 | רָעַע |
[Verb] properly to spoil (literally by breaking to pieces); figuratively to make (or be) good for {nothing} that {is} bad ({physically} socially or morally). (associate selves and show self friendly are by mistake for H7462.) |
and their sleep | H3462 | יָשֵׁן |
[Verb] properly to be slack or {languid} that {is} (by implication) sleep (figuratively to die); also to grow {old} stale or inveterate |
is taken away | H1497 | גָּזַל |
[Verb] to pluck off; specifically to {flay} strip or rob |
unless | H518 | אִם |
used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not |
they cause some to fall | H3782 | כָּשַׁל |
[Verb] to totter or waver (through weakness of the {legs} especially the ankle); by implication to {falter} {stumble } faint or fall |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.