Proverbs 11:7
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
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)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
תִּקְוָה
tiqvâh
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →תִּקְוָה tiqvâh
literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
Study H8615 →אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →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
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
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