Proverbs 20:2

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Proverbs 20:2


← Proverbs 20:1 Proverbs 20:2 (KJV) Proverbs 20:3 →
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The fearH367 of a kingH4428 is as the roaringH5099 of a lionH3715: whoso provoketh him to angerH5674 sinnethH2398 against his own soulH5315.


Original Hebrew

נַהַם כַּכְּפִיר אֵימַת מֶלֶךְ מִתְעַבְּרֹו חֹוטֵא נַפְשֹׁו׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
נַ֣הַם
Na.ham H5099 HNcmsa (is) a roaring
כַּ֭/כְּפִיר
Ka./ke.fir H3715 HRd/Ncmsa like (the)/ young lion
אֵ֣ימַת
'Ei.mat H367 HNcfsc (the) terror of
מֶ֑לֶךְ
Me.lekh H4428 HNcmsa a king
מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗/וֹ
mit.'a.be.R/o H5674 HVtrmsc/Sp3ms (one who) infuriates/ him
חוֹטֵ֥א
cho.Te' H2398 HVqrmsa (is) missing
נַפְשֽׁ/וֹ
naf.Sh/o H5315 HNcbsc/Sp3ms life/ his
Strong's References
  • H367 — אֵימָה (ʼêymâh, ay-maw'): or (shortened) אֵמָה (ʼêmâh); from the same as אָיֹם (ʼâyôm) H366; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear); dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.
  • H2398 — חָטָא (châṭâʼ, khaw-taw'): a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn; bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
  • H3715 — כְּפִיר (kᵉphîyr, kef-eer'): from כָּפַר (kâphar) H3722; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane); (young) lion, village. Compare כָּפָר (kâphâr) H3723.
  • H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ (mâlak) H4427; a king; king, royal.
  • H5099 — נַהַם (naham, nah'-ham): from נָהַם (nâham) H5098; a snarl; roaring.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
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