Proverbs 3:22
Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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...
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...
חֵן
chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
Key Terms in This Verse
חֵן chên
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
Study H2580 →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 →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 →Cross References
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
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