Proverbs 7:21
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
יָפֶה
yâpheh
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חֶלְקָה
chelqâh
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
לָחַץ
lâchats
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
Key Terms in This Verse
חֶלְקָה chelqâh
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
Study H2513 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →Cross References
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
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