Proverbs 21:22

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof."

Word-by-Word Analysis

A

חָכָם

châkâm

H2450

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

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)

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עָלָה

ʻâlâh

H5927

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

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the

עִיר

ʻîyr

H5892

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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of the

גִּבּוֹר

gibbôwr

H1368

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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and

שָׁפֵל

shâphêl

H8213

to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)

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down the

כֹּחַ

kôach

H3581

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

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of the

מִבְטָח

mibṭâch

H4009

properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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Key Terms in This Verse

scaleth H5927

עָלָה ʻâlâh

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

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casteth H8213

שָׁפֵל shâphêl

to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)

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confidence H4009

מִבְטָח mibṭâch

properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance

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strength H3581

כֹּחַ kôach

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

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wise H2450

חָכָם châkâm

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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mighty H1368

גִּבּוֹר gibbôwr

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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city H5892

עִיר ʻîyr

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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thereof H2490

חָלַל châlal

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

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man H376

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)

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