Proverbs 18:22
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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)
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
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
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...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
פּוּק
pûwq
to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
פּוּק pûwq
to issue, i.e. furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed
Study H6329 →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 →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 →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)
Study H376 →חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →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 →Cross References
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in th...
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
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