Proverbs 27:7
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
קוּץ
qûwts
to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious
יַעַר
yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
מַר
mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
נִיחוֹחַ
nîychôwach
properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
Key Terms in This Verse
יַעַר yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Study H3293 →מַר mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Study H4751 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth thi...
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
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