Proverbs 3:18
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
אֶשֶׁר
ʼesher
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
תָּמַךְ
tâmak
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּמַךְ tâmak
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
Study H8551 →אֶשֶׁר ʼesher
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
Study H835 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →Cross References
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evi...
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were fo...
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