Proverbs 10:7
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot."
Word-by-Word Analysis
זֵכֶר
zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
בָרַךְ
bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת
Bêyth ʻAshtârôwth
Beth-Ashtaroth, a place in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
זֵכֶר zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
Study H2143 →בָרַךְ bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
Study H1288 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →Cross References
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
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