Proverbs 20:6
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
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...
אָמַן
ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...
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
Key Terms in This Verse
קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →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 →אָמַן ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Study H539 →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 →Cross References
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have t...
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; ...
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
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