Proverbs 27:18

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured."

Word-by-Word Analysis

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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the

תְּאֵן

tᵉʼên

H8384

the fig (tree or fruit)

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עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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shall

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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the

פְּרִי

pᵉrîy

H6529

fruit (literally or figuratively)

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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so he that

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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on his

אָדוֹן

ʼâdôwn

H113

sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)

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shall be

כָּבַד

kâbad

H3513

to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same t...

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Key Terms in This Verse

honoured H3513

כָּבַד kâbad

to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)

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waiteth H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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fig H8384

תְּאֵן tᵉʼên

the fig (tree or fruit)

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keepeth H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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Whoso H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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master H113

אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn

sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)

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tree H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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fruit H6529

פְּרִי pᵉrîy

fruit (literally or figuratively)

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eat H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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thereof H2490

חָלַל châlal

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

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Cross References

2 Timothy 2:6 cross-reference

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

1 Corinthians 9:7 cross-reference

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

Song of Solomon 8:12 cross-reference

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

Luke 12:37 cross-reference

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

John 12:26 cross-reference

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Luke 19:17 cross-reference

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

Matthew 24:46 cross-reference

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

1 Corinthians 3:8 cross-reference

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

1 Peter 2:21 cross-reference

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

1 Corinthians 9:13 cross-reference

Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

Proverbs 22:29 cross-reference

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

1 Peter 2:18 cross-reference

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Psalm 123:2 cross-reference

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us...

1 Samuel 2:30 cross-reference

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I ...

Acts 10:7 cross-reference

And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

Matthew 24:25 cross-reference

Behold, I have told you before.

Exodus 24:13 cross-reference

And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Mark 10:43 cross-reference

But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

Colossians 3:22 cross-reference

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

Proverbs 17:2 cross-reference

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

2 Kings 3:11 cross-reference

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, wh...

2 Kings 5:25 cross-reference

But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

2 Kings 5:27 cross-reference

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

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