Proverbs 16:24
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יַעַר
yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
נִיחוֹחַ
nîychôwach
properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Key Terms in This Verse
יַעַר yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Study H3293 →יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Study H3444 →עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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