Proverbs 5:20
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שָׁגָה
shâgâh
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication...
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
חָבַק
châbaq
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
חֵיק
chêyq
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
גֵּר
gêr
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁגָה shâgâh
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
Study H7686 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
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