Proverbs 6:32
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נָאַף
nâʼaph
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
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