Proverbs 6:8
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
קַיִץ
qayits
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
קָצִיר
qâtsîyr
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
Key Terms in This Verse
כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →קַיִץ qayits
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
Study H7019 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →קָצִיר qâtsîyr
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
Study H7105 →Cross References
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
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