Proverbs 12:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
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)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בּוּשׁ
bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Key Terms in This Verse
חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →בּוּשׁ bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Study H954 →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
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, ...
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