Proverbs 20:16
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
עָרַב
ʻârab
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
גֵּר
gêr
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
חָבַל
châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturi...
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Key Terms in This Verse
עָרַב ʻârab
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
Study H6148 →חָבַל châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
Study H2254 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →Cross References
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
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