Proverbs 27:22
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
δεῖ
deî
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
נָהַק
nâhaq
to bray (as an ass), scream (from hunger)
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
מַכְתֵּשׁ
maktêsh
a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
חִטָּה
chiṭṭâh
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
δεῖ deî
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
Study G1163 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →Cross References
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t...
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go fro...
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
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