Proverbs 7:27
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
לִשְׁכָּה
lishkâh
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
Study H3957 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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.
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