Proverbs 25:16
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
דְּבַשׁ
dᵉbash
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
דַּי
day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
תּוֹלָע
tôwlâʻ
the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewith
סָפַק
çâphaq
to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of ...
Key Terms in This Verse
סָפַק çâphaq
to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit
Study H5606 →דַּי day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Study H1767 →תּוֹלָע tôwlâʻ
the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewith
Study H8438 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
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