Proverbs 6:18 Go deeper

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, (KJV)

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לֵ֗בLeva heart

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

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

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:18 word 1

חֹ֭רֵשׁCho.resh[which] devises

Lemma: חָרַשׁ (cha.rash) · Strong's: H2790A

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

Meaning: to plow/plot

Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Deuteronomy 22:10, Judges 14:18, 1 Samuel 8:12, 1 Samuel 23:9, 1 Kings 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2790A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:18 word 2

מַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.Votplans of

Lemma: מַחֲשָׁבָה (ma.cha.sha.vah) · Strong's: H4284

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: plot

Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Exodus 31:4, Exodus 35:32, Exodus 35:33, Exodus 35:35, 2 Samuel 14:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4284; TAHOT Proverbs 6:18 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 6:18 word 4

רַגְלַ֥יִםrag.La.yimfeet

Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)

Meaning: foot

Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Proverbs 6:18 word 5

מְ֝מַהֲר֗וֹתme.ma.ha.Rot[which] hurry

Lemma: מָהַר (ma.har) · Strong's: H4116A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVprfpa)

Meaning: to hasten

Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:46 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4116A; TAHOT Proverbs 6:18 word 6

לָר֥וּץla.Rutzto run

Lemma: רוּץ (ruts) · Strong's: H7323G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to run: run

Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7323G; TAHOT Proverbs 6:18 word 7

לָֽרָעָה\׃La.ra.'ahto <the> evil

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: distress: evil

Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:4, Genesis 44:29, Genesis 50:15, Genesis 50:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451I; TAHOT Proverbs 6:18 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

a heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
that devises	→	חָרַשׁ H2790A to plow/plot
wicked	→	אָ֫וֶן H0205G evil: wickedness
schemes	→	מַחֲשָׁבָה H4284 plot
feet	→	רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot
that run	→	רוּץ H7323G to run: run
swiftly	→	מָהַר H4116A to hasten
to evil	→	רָעָה H7451I distress: evil

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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