Proverbs 6:13
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרַץ
qârats
to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a v...
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
לָמַד
lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
אֶצְבַּע
ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
Key Terms in This Verse
קָרַץ qârats
to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)
Study H7169 →אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
Study H676 →לָמַד lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Study H3925 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
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