Proverbs 21:14
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׁחַד
shachad
a donation (venal or redemptive)
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
כָּפָה
kâphâh
properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
שַׁחַד
shachad
a donation (venal or redemptive)
חֵיק
chêyq
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּפָה kâphâh
properly, to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdue
Study H3711 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →Cross References
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me...
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices,...
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