Proverbs 15:24
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
תַּחַת
tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
תַּחַת tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Study H8478 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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