Proverbs 2:16
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
גֵּר
gêr
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
חָלַק châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
Study H2505 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
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