Proverbs 23:22
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
מָאַס
mâʼaç
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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