Proverbs 21:9
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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...
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
פִּנָּה
pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
δῶμα
dōma
properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →פִּנָּה pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
Study H6438 →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 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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