Proverbs 9:17
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גָּנַב
gânab
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
נִיחוֹחַ
nîychôwach
properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּנַב gânab
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
Study H1589 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →Cross References
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto ...
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