Proverbs 14:27

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Proverbs 14:27


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In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The fearH3374 of the LORDH3068 is a fountainH4726 of lifeH2416, to departH5493 from the snaresH4170 of deathH4194.


Original Hebrew

יִרְאַת יְהוָה מְקֹור חַיִּים לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָוֶת׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
יִרְאַ֣ת
yir.'At H3374 HNcfsc (the) fear of
יְ֭הוָה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
מְק֣וֹר
me.Kor H4726 HNcmsc (is) a fountain of
חַיִּ֑ים
chai.Yim H2416 HNcmpa life
לָ֝/ס֗וּר
la./Sur H5493 HR/Vqc to/ turn aside
מִ/מֹּ֥קְשֵׁי
mi./Mo.ke.shei H4170 HR/Ncmpc from/ (the) snares of
מָֽוֶת
Ma.vet H4194 HNcmsa death
Strong's References
  • H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה (châyâh) H2421; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H3374 — יִרְאָה (yirʼâh, yir-aw'): feminine of יָרֵא (yârêʼ) H3373; fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence; [idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
  • H4170 — מוֹקֵשׁ (môwqêsh, mo-kashe'): or מֹקֵשׁ (môqêsh); from יָקֹשׁ (yâqôsh) H3369; a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose); be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
  • H4194 — מָוֶת (mâveth, maw'-veth): from מוּת (mûwth) H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
  • H4726 — מָקוֹר (mâqôwr, maw-kore'): or מָקֹר (mâqôr); from קוּר (qûwr) H6979; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny); fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
  • H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר (sûwr); (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
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