Proverbs 16:27

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire."

Word-by-Word Analysis

An

רָשָׁע

râshâʻ

H7563

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

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)

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כָּרָה

kârâh

H3738

properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open

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up

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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and in his

שָׂפָה

sâphâh

H8193

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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there is as a

יְקַד

yᵉqad

H3345

{to burn}

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אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

diggeth H3738

כָּרָה kârâh

properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open

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ungodly H7563

רָשָׁע râshâʻ

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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burning H3345

יְקַד yᵉqad

{to burn}

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lips H8193

שָׂפָה sâphâh

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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fire H784

אֵשׁ ʼêsh

fire (literally or figuratively)

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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man 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)

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