Proverbs 3:2
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
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...
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →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 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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