Proverbs 17:25
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
כְּאֵב
kᵉʼêb
suffering (physical or mental), adversity
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
מַר
mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Key Terms in This Verse
מַר mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Study H4751 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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