Proverbs 28:15

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people."

Word-by-Word Analysis

As a

שְׁאָגָה

shᵉʼâgâh

H7581

a rumbling or moan

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אֲרִי

ʼărîy

H738

a lion

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and a

שָׁקַק

shâqaq

H8264

to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily

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נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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so is a

רָשָׁע

râshâʻ

H7563

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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שַׂר

sar

H8269

a head person (of any rank or class)

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over the

עָנִי

ʻânîy

H6041

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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Key Terms in This Verse

ranging H8264

שָׁקַק shâqaq

to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedily

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roaring H7581

שְׁאָגָה shᵉʼâgâh

a rumbling or moan

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ruler H8269

שַׂר sar

a head person (of any rank or class)

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lion H738

אֲרִי ʼărîy

a lion

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poor H6041

עָנִי ʻânîy

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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bear H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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wicked H7563

רָשָׁע râshâʻ

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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people H5971

עַם ʻam

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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Cross References

Matthew 2:16 cross-reference

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and...

1 Peter 5:8 cross-reference

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Proverbs 19:12 cross-reference

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 20:2 cross-reference

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Exodus 1:22 cross-reference

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

2 Kings 21:16 cross-reference

Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the L...

2 Kings 2:24 cross-reference

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

2 Kings 15:16 cross-reference

Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripp...

Hosea 13:8 cross-reference

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

Hosea 5:11 cross-reference

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

Proverbs 17:12 cross-reference

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

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