Proverbs 6:12 Go deeper
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A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. (KJV)
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אָדָ֣ם'a.Dama person of
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: man
Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:12 word 1
בְּ֭לִיַּעַלBe.li.ya.'alworthlessness
Lemma: בְּלִיַּ֫עַל (be.liy.ya.al) · Strong's: H1100I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: Belial: worthless
Used 8 times. Also: Deuteronomy 15:9, Job 34:18, Psalms 101:3, Proverbs 16:27, Proverbs 19:28, Nahum 1:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1100I; TAHOT Proverbs 6:12 word 2
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 6:12 word 3
אָ֑וֶן'A.venwickedness
Lemma: אָ֫וֶן (a.ven) · Strong's: H0205G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: evil: wickedness
Used 66 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:23, Job 4:8, Job 11:11, Job 11:14, Job 15:35, Job 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0205G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:12 word 4
ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְho.Lekh[is] walking
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to go: walk
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 2:14, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980I; TAHOT Proverbs 6:12 word 5
עִקְּשׁ֥וּת'i.ke.Shutcrookedness of
Lemma: עִקְּשׁוּת (iq.q.shut) · Strong's: H6143
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: crookedness
Used 2 times. Also: Proverbs 4:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6143; TAHOT Proverbs 6:12 word 6
פֶּֽה\׃Pehmouth
Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lip: word
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Genesis 45:21, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 17:1, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 24:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6310I; TAHOT Proverbs 6:12 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A worthless | → | בְּלִיַּ֫עַל H1100I Belial: worthless |
| person | → | אָדָם H0120G man |
| a wicked | → | אָ֫וֶן H0205G evil: wickedness |
| man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| walks | → | הָלַךְ H1980I to go: walk |
| with a perverse | → | עִקְּשׁוּת H6143 crookedness |
| mouth | → | פֶּה H6310I lip: word |
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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