Proverbs 22:14
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
Key Terms in This Verse
תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Study H8415 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outl...
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
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