Proverbs 15:30
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
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...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
חֶלֶב
cheleb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →חֶלֶב cheleb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
Study H2459 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →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 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a litt...
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
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