Proverbs 14:23 — Word Study
WLCבְּכָל־ עֶ֭צֶב יִהְיֶ֣ה מוֹתָ֑ר וּדְבַר־ שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם אַךְ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃
BSAThere ishâyâh▸ profitmôwthâr [abundance, advantage] in allkôl [every kind of] laborʻetseb [toil, hard work] but mere talkdâbâr [idle words, empty speech] leads onlyʼak to povertymachçôwr [need, lack, want]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| בְּכָל־ | in all | Preposition, noun common masculine singular construct |
| עֶ֭צֶב | hard labor | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | it is | Verb, Qal, imperfect third person masculine singular |
| מוֹתָ֑ר | profit | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| וּדְבַר־ | and word of | Conjunction, noun common masculine singular construct |
| שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם | lips | Noun common, feminine dual absolute |
| אַךְ־ | only | Adverb |
| לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ | to poverty | Preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty. |
| KJV | In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. |
| ASV | In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. |
| YLT | In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want. |
| WEB | In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. |
| BBE | In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor. |
Where they part company is דָּבָר — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence consists of two main clauses connected by a conjunction, presenting a clear contrast between labor and talk.






7 commentators on this verse
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clause
subjectמוֹתָר
verbהָיָה
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Deep Study — Proverbs 14:23
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Context — Wisdom on Labor and Speechgenerated
Proverbs 14:23 emphasizes the importance of labor and contrasts it with the futility of mere talk. The surrounding verses also reflect on the outcomes of good versus evil planning, highlighting the value of wisdom and integrity in actions and speech. This passage serves as a reminder that diligence in work yields benefits, while empty words lead to lack and poverty.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proverbs 12:24 | The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. |
| 2 | Proverbs 28:19 | The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. |
| 3 | John 6:27 | Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.” |
| 4 | Hebrews 6:10–11 | For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so. |
| 5 | Proverbs 10:10 | He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 8 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — מוֹתָר, mo.Targenerated
The noun מוֹתָר (mowthar) signifies profit or advantage, encapsulating the idea of gain or superiority. It appears in contexts that emphasize abundance and the benefits of wise actions.
In this verse, it conveys that there is a tangible benefit in all forms of labor, reinforcing the theme that hard work is rewarded.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb יִהְיֶ֣ה, it is, governs the structure of the verse, linking the subject מוֹתָר, profit, with the adverbial אַךְ, only.
The sentence presents a clear contrast: the first part states the positive outcome of labor, while the second part describes the negative outcome of idle talk, underscoring the importance of action over words.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates מוֹתָר as περισσόν (perisson), which means abundance or excess. This choice highlights a broader sense of profit, emphasizing not just gain but an overflowing advantage.
The translation of דָּבָר as ῥῆμα (rhēma) indicates a focus on spoken words, aligning with the idea of empty speech leading to lack.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Proverbs 14:23 teaches that all hard work brings profit, while just talking without action leads to poverty. It shows the value of diligence in our efforts and warns against empty speech.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
The verse states that there is profit in all labor, meaning that hard work leads to benefits and rewards.
Mere talk leads only to poverty, indicating that without action, words alone do not provide for one's needs.
This verse aligns with other proverbs that emphasize the value of hard work and the dangers of idleness or empty speech.
We learn that diligence in our work is essential for success, and we should be cautious of engaging in idle talk.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what areas of my life can I apply more hard work to see greater profit?
- How can I ensure that my words are backed by action?
- What examples from my own experience illustrate the contrast between hard work and idle talk?
- How can I encourage others to focus on productive labor rather than empty speech?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
The Desert Fathers also reflect on this verse, using it to emphasize the importance of action over empty words in their teachings.
Another brother spoke with the same Theodore, and he began to talk about matters of which he had no experience. Theodore said to him, ‘You’ve not yet found a ship to sail in, nor put your luggage aboard, nor put out to sea,Early Church Fathers on Proverbs 14 →
Commentators on this verse — 7 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Proverbs 14:23 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn all labour there is profit,.... Or "abundance" (u); much is got by it, food, raiment, riches, wealth, wisdom, honour; either with the labour of the hands or head, and nothing is to be got without
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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryIn all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. In all labour (Hebrew, painful labour) there is profit: but the talk of the lips (tendeth) only to penury.
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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleDiligent labour is the ready way to riches, but idle talking, wherein too many spend most of their precious thee, will bring a man to poverty.
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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsProverbs 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.Ver. 23. In all labour there is profit.] In all honest labour, for there are those who "do wickedly with both hands earnestly"; and "what profit have such of all their labour?" Do they not take pains to go to hell? There are also that labour about ματαιοτεκνηματα, toilsome toys that pay not for the pains - that do magno conatu magnas nugas agere. Such a one was Paleottus, Archbishop of Bonony, who made a great book of the shadow of Christ’ s body in a sindon; and it was commented upon by the professor there. This Aristotle calls ‘ laborious loss of time.’ The apostle calls upon men to "labour…
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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 23. In all labour there is profit] If a man work at his trade, he gains by it; if he cultivate the earth, it will yield an increase; and in proportion as he labours, so will be his profit: but he who talks much labours little. And a man of words is seldom a man of deeds. Less talk and more work, is one of our own ancient advices.
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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleThe contrast between a single, thorough deed, and the mere emptiness of speech.
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Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible23. Profit — Something to show for the toil. Talk of the lips — Literally, word or thing of the lips, that which is only of the lips — mere talk. Only to penury — To lack or want.
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Proverbs 14 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
Tyndale line
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.
Strictly literal
In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
In all labor there is advantage, || And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
In all painful labor there is profit; but mere words of the lips [lead] only to want.
With all hard work comes a profit, but when there is only talk, it leads to poverty.
From the Latin
In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.
Simplified
There's profit in hard work, but just talking leads to poverty.
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text reads: בְּכָל־ עֶ֭צֶב יִהְיֶ֣ה מוֹתָ֑ר וּדְבַר־ שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם אַךְ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃. The Septuagint matches 4 out of 8 words, indicating a degree of alignment in meaning but differing in structure.
בְּכָל־ עֶ֭צֶב יִהְיֶ֣ה מוֹתָ֑ר וּדְבַר־ שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם אַךְ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃
4 of the 8 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Proverbs 14:23
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
כֹּל (kol) means 'all' or 'the whole.' It can refer to totality, including every person or thing, and is often used with a following genitive to specify what is included. The term can also denote a broader sense of everything in existence or all circumstances of life. The lexicons do not show significant disagreement on its meanings.
כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all
with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every
Absolutely:
without the art., all things, all
with the art. הַכֹּל
where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned
in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)
base
H3605 כֹּל once כּוֹל the whole, all . with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every
. Absolutely: . without the art., all things, all
. with the art. הַכֹּל . where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned
. in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)
3605 kol kole
or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole;
hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a
plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any
(manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as
many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole,
whoso(-ever).
see HEBREW for 03634
כֹּל (kol) — all.
1) all, the whole
1a) all, the whole of
1b) any, each, every, anything
1c) totality, everything
Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular constructHR/Ncmsc
ol: Used in various combinations, and with different meanings.
(1) All along, "Weeping all along as he went" (Jer 41:6), i.e. throughout the whole way he went, feigning equal concern with the men from Shiloh, etc., for the destruction of the Temple, so as to put them off their guard.
(2) All in all, "That God may be all in all" (1Co 15:28, Greek: panta en pasin, "all things in all (persons and) things"). "The universe, with all it comprises, will wholly answer to God's will and reflect His mind" (Dummelow).
עֶ֫צֶב (etseb) has meanings related to both physical and emotional experiences, including pain, toil, and sorrow, as well as a reference to a vessel. It is derived from a root that suggests painful toil and can also denote an object or idol. The term appears in contexts that emphasize hardship and labor.
ref
H6089a עֶ֫צֶב pain, hurt, toil H6089b עֶ֫צֶב vessel (as fashioned)
6089 `etseb eh'-tseb
from 6087; an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a
pang (whether of body or mind): grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
see HEBREW for 06087
עֶ֫צֶב (e.tsev) — toil.
1) pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship
1a) pain
1b) hurt, offense
1c) toil, hardship
עֶ֫צֶב (e.tsev) — vessel.
1) vessel, creation, object
2) (TWOT) idol
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
la'-ber (yeghia`, `amal; kopos): The word (noun and verb) denoting hard work or "toil" (thus in the Revised Version (British and American) of De 26:7; Jos 7:3; Re 2:2) represents several Hebrew and Greek words, chiefly those above. Occasionally, as in Hab 3:17 (ma`aseh), it stands for "fruit of labor." Sometimes, in conjunction with "travail," it refers to childbirth (Ge 35:16,17, yaladh; compare 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8). Examples of the word in the ordinary sense are: of yeghia`,
The Hebrew word הָיָה (hayah) is a primitive root meaning to exist or become, and it encompasses a range of meanings including to happen, occur, and come to pass. It is often used in narrative contexts, particularly in phrases like "and it came to pass." The word can also denote a state of being or existence, and it appears frequently in various forms throughout the Old Testament.
הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be
Qal
Fall out, happen
occur, take place, come about, come to pass
esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass
וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)
rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה
less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)
Come into being, become
abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
sq. prep.
become
sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)
sq. pred. adj.
become like
sq. pred. לְ pers.
sq. לְ pred.
oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.
with עַל and לְ
sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of
Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)
exist, be in existence
abide, remain, continue
with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie
as copula, joining subj. & pred.
H1961 הָיָה fall out, come to pass, become, be .. . . Fall out, happen
. occur, take place, come about, come to pass
. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass . . וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)
. rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה
. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)
. Come into being, become . . abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
. sq. prep.
. become . sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)
. sq. pred. adj.
. become like
. sq. pred. + לְ pers.
. sq. לְ pred.
. oft. c. לְ pred. + לְ pers.
. with עַל and לְ
. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of
. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming) . exist, be in existence
. abide, remain, continue
1961 hayah haw-yaw
a primitive root (compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become,
come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or
auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished,
committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint,
fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit
(one-)self, require, X use.
see HEBREW for 01933
הָיָה (ha.yah) — to be.
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) ---
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone
V-Qal-Imperf-3ms — Verb · Qal · imperfect third person masculine singularHVqi3ms
מוֹתָר (mowthar) refers to concepts of abundance, preeminence, and profit. It is derived from a root meaning gain and encompasses ideas of superiority and plenty. The term appears in contexts that highlight advantages or superior qualities.
מוֹתָר n.m. abundance, pre-eminence
base
H4195 מוֹתָר
4195 mowthar mo-thar'
from 3498; literally, gain; figuratively,
superiority:--plenteousness, preeminence, profit.
see HEBREW for 03498
מוֹתָר (mo.tar) — advantage.
1) pre-eminence, abundance, profit, superiority
1a) abundance, plenty
1b) pre-eminence, superiority
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
דָּבָר (dabar) means 'word' or 'speech' and encompasses a range of meanings including discourse, saying, and matter. It can refer to anything spoken or a topic of discussion, extending to concepts like business or affairs. The entries consistently highlight its use in various contexts, but do not indicate any significant disagreement among lexicographers.
דָּבָר 1439 n.m. speech, word
sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken
sg. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse
sg. a word, words
sg. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks
base
H1697 דָּבָר speech, word . sg. speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which is spoken
. sg. saying, utterance, sentence, as a section of a discourse
. sg. a word, words
. sg. matter, affair, thing about which one speaks
1697 dabar daw-baw'
from 1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or
thing; adverbially, a cause:--act, advice, affair, answer, X
any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case,
cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X
commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, +
dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, +
eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt,
+ iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter,
message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, +
please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose,
question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said,
sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness),
somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that,
X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings,
what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
see HEBREW for 01696
דָּבָר (da.var) — word.
: word/speech/command
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
דָּבָר (da.var) — word: speaking.
: speaking
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
דָּבָר (da.var) — word: thing.
: thing/matter
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
דָּבָר (da.var) — word: promised.
: promised/duty
1) speech, word, speaking, thing
1a) speech
1b) saying, utterance
1c) word, words
1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
דָּבָר (da.var) — word: deed.
: deed
Conj | N-ms — Conjunction · noun common masculine singular constructHC/Ncmsc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
The Hebrew word שָׂפָה (*saphah*) encompasses meanings related to 'lip,' 'speech,' and 'edge.' It is derived from concepts of termination, suggesting boundaries like the edge of a vessel or the bank of a river. The word can refer to physical lips, language, or the edges of various objects, including shores.
שָׂפָה 176 n.f. lip, speech, edge
lip
language
edge: shore of sea; bank of river
base
H8193 שָׂפָה lip, speech, edge . lip
. language
. edge: shore of sea; bank of river
8193 saphah saw-faw'
or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}; probably from
5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490);
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by
analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):--band,
bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip,
prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
see HEBREW for 05595
see HEBREW for 08192
see HEBREW for 05490
שָׂפָה (sa.phah) — lips.
: lips/mouth
1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
שָׂפָה (sa.phah) — lip: words.
: words/language
1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
שָׂפָה (sa.phah) — lip: edge.
: edge/border/opening
1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
שָׂפָה (sa.phah) — lip: shore.
: shore/bank(of_sea/river)
1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
1a) lip (as body part)
1b) language
1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
HNcfda — Noun common · feminine dual absoluteHNcfda
אַךְ (ak) is an adverb meaning 'surely' or 'indeed,' often used to emphasize what follows. It can also carry a restrictive sense, translating to 'only' or 'but.' The entries indicate its use in various contexts, but do not provide specific verse references.
אַךְ 159 adv. 1. surely. 2. with a restrictive force, emphasizing what follows
base
H389 אַךְ 1. surely. 2. with a restrictive force, emphasizing what follows
389 'ak ak
akin to 403; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by
limitation) only:--also, in any wise, at least, but,
certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only,
save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, + wherefore, yet
(but).
see HEBREW for 0403
אַךְ (akh) — surely.
1) indeed, surely (emphatic)
2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)
DirObjM — AdverbHD
מַחְסוֹר (machsor) refers to need or lack, encompassing concepts such as poverty and the things that are required. It is derived from a root meaning deficiency. The entries consistently highlight its general use in contexts of need and impoverishment.
מַחְסוֹר, מַחְסֹר n.[m.] need, thing needed, poverty
need = thing needed
lack, want
in gen., need, poverty
base
H4270 מַחְסוֹר, מַחְסֹר need, thing needed, poverty . need = thing needed
. lack, want
. in gen., need, poverty
4270 machcowr makh-sore'
or machcor {makh-sore'}; from 2637; deficiency; hence,
impoverishment:--lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
see HEBREW for 02637
מַחְסוֹר (mach.sor) — need.
1) need, poverty, thing needed
1a) need, thing needed
1b) lack, want
1c) need, poverty
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHR/Ncmsa
pov'-er-ti:
1. Old Testament References:
This word, found but once in the Old Testament (Ge 45:11) outside of the Book of Proverbs in which it occurs 11 times (6:11; 10:15; 11:24 the King James Version; 13:18; 20:13; 23:21; 24:34; 28:19,22 the King James Version; 30:8; 31:7), is a translation of yiwaresh, "to be poor," "to come to poverty" (Ge 45:11). Four different Hebrew words are used in the 11 references in Prov, all bearing the idea of being in need of the necessities of life, although a distinction is made between being in want and being in extreme want. Pr 18:23 well illustrates the general meaning of "poverty" as found in this book: "The poor (rush, "to be impoverished," "destitute") useth entreaties; but the rich…
