Proverbs 16:31
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
English grammatical function word ('hoary'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent i...
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('hoary'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are requ...
Study GRAM →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →כָּבוֹד kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Study H3519 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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