Proverbs 21:1
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house...
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h...
He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and...
He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
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