Proverbs 27:3
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
חוֹל
chôwl
sand (as round or whirling particles)
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
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 t...
Key Terms in This Verse
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)
Study H3513 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →Cross References
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven time...
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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