Proverbs 20:30 Go deeper
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The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. (KJV)
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חַבֻּר֣וֹתcha.bu.Rotwounds of
Lemma: חַבּוּרָה (chab.bu.rah) · Strong's: H2250
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: wound
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Exodus 21:25, Psalms 38:5, Isaiah 1:6, Isaiah 53:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2250; TAHOT Proverbs 20:30 word 1
פֶּ֭צַעPe.tza'bruise[s]
Lemma: פֶּ֫צַע (pe.tsa) · Strong's: H6482
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wound
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Exodus 21:25, Job 9:17, Proverbs 23:29, Proverbs 27:6, Isaiah 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6482; TAHOT Proverbs 20:30 word 2
בְּרָ֑עbe.Ra'<in> evil
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT Proverbs 20:30 word 3
וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹתu.ma.Kotand blows
Lemma: מַכָּה (mak.kah) · Strong's: H4347
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: wound
Used 48 times. Also: Leviticus 26:21, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 25:3, Deuteronomy 28:59, Deuteronomy 28:61, Deuteronomy 29:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4347; TAHOT Proverbs 20:30 word 4
חַדְרֵי\־chad.rei-[the] chambers of
Lemma: חֶ֫דֶר (che.der) · Strong's: H2315
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: chamber
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 43:30, Exodus 8:3, Deuteronomy 32:25, Judges 3:24, Judges 15:1, Judges 16:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2315; TAHOT Proverbs 20:30 word 5
בָֽטֶן\׃Va.ten[the] belly
Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: belly: abdomen
Used 16 times. Also: Judges 3:21, Judges 3:22, Job 15:2, Job 20:15, Job 20:20, Job 20:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0990G; TAHOT Proverbs 20:30 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Lashes | → | חַבּוּרָה H2250 wound |
| and wounds | → | פֶּ֫צַע H6482 wound |
| scour | → | מָרַק H4838 to polish |
| evil | → | רַע H7451H bad: evil |
| and beatings | → | מַכָּה H4347 wound |
| cleanse the inmost parts | → | חֶ֫דֶר H2315 chamber |
| . . . | → | בֶּ֫טֶן H0990G belly: abdomen |
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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