Proverbs 23:27
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit."
Word-by-Word Analysis
זָנָה
zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
שַׁחַת
shachath
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
אָטַם
ʼâṭam
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָטַם ʼâṭam
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
Study H331 →זָנָה zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...
Study H2181 →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
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