Proverbs 19:12

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass."

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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is as the

שְׁאָגָה

shᵉʼâgâh

H7581

a rumbling or moan

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of a

אֲרִי

ʼărîy

H738

a lion

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but his

חֵן

chên

H2580

graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)

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is as

טַל

ṭal

H2919

dew (as covering vegetation)

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upon the

עֶשֶׂב

ʻeseb

H6212

grass (or any tender shoot)

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Key Terms in This Verse

roaring H7581

שְׁאָגָה shᵉʼâgâh

a rumbling or moan

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dew H2919

טַל ṭal

dew (as covering vegetation)

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grass H6212

עֶשֶׂב ʻeseb

grass (or any tender shoot)

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favour H2580

חֵן chên

graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)

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lion H738

אֲרִי ʼărîy

a lion

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wrath H639

אַף ʼaph

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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king H4428

מֶלֶךְ melek

a king

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Cross References

Hosea 14:5 cross-reference

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Proverbs 20:2 cross-reference

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Proverbs 28:15 cross-reference

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Esther 7:8 cross-reference

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me ...

Ecclesiastes 8:4 cross-reference

Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

Psalm 133:3 cross-reference

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Daniel 5:19 cross-reference

And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom ...

Daniel 6:24 cross-reference

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and...

Micah 5:7 cross-reference

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

Psalm 72:6 cross-reference

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

2 Samuel 23:4 cross-reference

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

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