Proverbs 12:2
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
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)
פּוּק
pûwq
to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
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)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
רָשַׁע
râshaʻ
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
Key Terms in This Verse
פּוּק pûwq
to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed
Study H6329 →מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →רָשַׁע râshaʻ
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
Study H7561 →חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →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
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are ...
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