Proverbs 18:24 Go deeper

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

אִ֣ישׁ'isha person of

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Proverbs 18:24 word 1

רֵ֭עִיםRe.'imcompanions

Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: neighbor

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Proverbs 18:24 word 2

לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַle.hit.ro.'E.a'[is] to be broken

Lemma: רָעַע (ra.a) · Strong's: H7489B

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Infinitive · Construct (HVtcc)

Meaning: to shatter

Used 8 times. Also: Job 34:24, Psalms 2:9, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 24:19, Jeremiah 11:16, Jeremiah 15:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7489B; TAHOT Proverbs 18:24 word 3

וְיֵ֥שׁve.Yeshand there

Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426

Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)

Meaning: there

Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 18:24, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 28:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3426; TAHOT Proverbs 18:24 word 4

אֹ֝הֵ֗ב'o.Hev[is one who] loves

Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to love: friend

Used 13 times. Also: Judges 5:31, 2 Chronicles 20:7, Esther 5:10, Esther 5:14, Esther 6:13, Psalms 38:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0157H; TAHOT Proverbs 18:24 word 5

דָּבֵ֥קda.Vekcleaving

Lemma: דָּבֵק (da.veq) · Strong's: H1695

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: cleaving

Used 3 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:4, 2 Chronicles 3:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1695; TAHOT Proverbs 18:24 word 6

מֵאָֽח\׃me.'Achmore than a brother

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Proverbs 18:24 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

A man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
of many companions	→	רֵעַ H7453 neighbor
may come to ruin	→	רָעַע H7489B to shatter
but there is	→	יֵשׁ H3426 there
a friend	→	אָהֵב H0157H to love: friend
who stays closer	→	דָּבֵק H1695 cleaving
than a brother	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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