Proverbs 3:8
Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
שָׁרִיר
shârîyr
a cord, i.e. (by analogy) sinew
חֶלֶב
cheleb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Key Terms in This Verse
חֶלֶב cheleb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
Study H2459 →יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Study H3444 →עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →Cross References
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
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