Proverbs 30:23

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Proverbs 30:23


← Proverbs 30:22 Proverbs 30:23 (KJV) Proverbs 30:24 →
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For an odiousH8130 woman when she is marriedH1166; and an handmaidH8198 that is heirH3423 to her mistressH1404.


Original Hebrew

תַּחַת שְׂנוּאָה כִּי תִבָּעֵל וְשִׁפְחָה כִּי־תִירַשׁ גְּבִרְתָּהּ׃ פ

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
תַּ֣חַת
Ta.chat H8478 HR under
שְׂ֭נוּאָה
Se.nu.'ah H8130 HVqsfsa a hated (woman)
כִּ֣י
ki H3588 HC for
תִבָּעֵ֑ל
ti.ba.'El H1166 HVNi3fs she will be married
וְ֝/שִׁפְחָ֗ה
ve./shif.Chah H8198 HC/Ncfsa and/ a female servant
כִּֽי
ki- H3588 HC for
תִירַ֥שׁ
ti.Rash H3423 HVqi3fs she will dispossess
גְּבִרְתָּֽ/הּ
ge.vir.Ta/h H1404 HNcfsc/Sp3fs mistress/ her
Strong's References
  • H1166 — בָּעַל (bâʻal, baw-al'): a primitive root; also as denominative from בַּעַל (baʻal) H1167; to be master; hence, to marry; have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, [idiom] wife).
  • H1404 — גְּבֶרֶת (gᵉbereth, gheb-eh'-reth): feminine of גְּבִיר (gᵉbîyr) H1376; mistress; lady, mistress.
  • H3423 — יָרַשׁ (yârash, yaw-rash'): or יָרֵשׁ (yârêsh); a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin; cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.
  • H8130 — שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ, saw-nay'): a primitive root; to hate (personally); enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.
  • H8198 — שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh, shif-khaw'): feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpâchâh) H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household); (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
  • H8478 — תַּחַת (tachath, takh'-ath): from the same as תּוֹחַ (Tôwach) H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.; as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.
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Reciprocal references (2): Genesis 15:3, Genesis 16:4

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