Proverbs 20:20
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness."
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)
קָלַל
qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
נִיר
nîyr
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אִישׁוֹן
ʼîyshôwn
the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Key Terms in This Verse
אִישׁוֹן ʼîyshôwn
the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
Study H380 →קָלַל qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Study H7043 →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 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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