Proverbs 9
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- חָכַםchâkamH24493× in this chapter
to be wise (in mind, word or act)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יָכַחyâkachH31983× in this chapter
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
- לוּץlûwtsH38873× in this chapter
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
- פְּתִיpᵉthîyH66123× in this chapter
silly (i.e. seducible)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71213× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הֵנָּהhênnâhH20082× in this chapter
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
- חָכָםchâkâmH24502× in this chapter
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
- חׇכְמָהchokmâhH24512× in this chapter
wisdom (in a good sense)
- חָסֵרchâçêrH26382× in this chapter
lacking; hence, without
- יַיִןyayinH31962× in this chapter
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- יָסַףyâçaphH32542× in this chapter
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֵבlêbH38202× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- לֶחֶםlechemH38992× in this chapter
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- מִיmîyH43102× in this chapter
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- מָסַךְmâçakH45372× in this chapter
to mix, especially wine (with spices)
- מָרוֹםmârôwmH47912× in this chapter
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
- סוּרçûwrH54932× in this chapter
to turn off (literal or figurative)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5592× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- קֶרֶתqerethH71762× in this chapter
a city
- בִּינָהbîynâhH9982× in this chapter
understanding
- בַּלbalH10771× in this chapter
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
- בָּנָהbânâhH11291× in this chapter
to build (literally and figuratively)
- אָהַבʼâhabH1571× in this chapter
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- גָּנַבgânabH15891× in this chapter
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
- גַּףgaphH16101× in this chapter
the back; by extension the body or self
- דַּעַתdaʻathH18471× in this chapter
knowledge
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הָמָהhâmâhH19931× in this chapter
to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
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
- חָיָהchâyâhH24211× in this chapter
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- חָצַבchâtsabH26721× in this chapter
to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
- טָבַחṭâbachH28731× in this chapter
to slaughter (animals or men)
- טֶבַחṭebachH28741× in this chapter
properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30681× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יוֹםyôwmH31171× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)