Proverbs 21:16
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
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)
נָדַד
nâdad
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עֵדָה
ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
נָדַד nâdad
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
Study H5074 →שָׁאַר shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Study H7604 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →עֵדָה ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
Study H5712 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →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
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,...
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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