Proverbs 6:21
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
תָּמִיד
tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular...
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →תָּמִיד tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
Study H8548 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the h...
And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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