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When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. (KJV)
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בְּֽבוֹא\־be.Vo'-when comes
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Proverbs 18:3 word 1
רָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'a wicked [person]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wicked
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Proverbs 18:3 word 2
בָּ֣אba'it comes
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Proverbs 18:3 word 3
גַם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Proverbs 18:3 word 4
בּ֑וּזBuzcontempt
Lemma: בּוּז (buz) · Strong's: H0937
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: contempt
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 38:23, Job 12:5, Job 12:21, Job 31:34, Psalms 31:18, Psalms 107:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0937; TAHOT Proverbs 18:3 word 5
וְֽעִם\־ve.'im-and with
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Proverbs 18:3 word 6
קָל֥וֹןka.Lonshame
Lemma: קָלוֹן (qa.lon) · Strong's: H7036
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dishonor
Used 17 times. Also: Job 10:15, Psalms 83:16, Proverbs 3:35, Proverbs 6:33, Proverbs 9:7, Proverbs 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7036; TAHOT Proverbs 18:3 word 7
חֶרְפָּֽה\׃cher.Pahreproach
Lemma: חֶרְפָּה (cher.pah) · Strong's: H2781
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: reproach
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 30:23, Genesis 34:14, Joshua 5:9, 1 Samuel 11:2, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 25:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2781; TAHOT Proverbs 18:3 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| With a wicked [man] | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| comes | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| contempt | → | בּוּז H0937 contempt |
| as well | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| . . . | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| and shame | → | קָלוֹן H7036 dishonor |
| is accompanied by | → | עִם H5973A with |
| disgrace | → | חֶרְפָּה H2781 reproach |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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