Proverbs 1:9
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לִוְיָה
livyâh
something attached, i.e. a wreath
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
שַׁרְשְׁרָה
sharshᵉrâh
a chain; (architectural) probably a garland
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
Key Terms in This Verse
חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with sca...
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interp...
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