Proverbs 6:24
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Key Terms in This Verse
נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Study H3956 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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