Proverbs 1:5
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
תְּבוּאָה
tᵉbûwʼâh
income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)
סֵפֶר
çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָנָה qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Study H7069 →סֵפֶר çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Study H5612 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that Go...
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