A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
A wicked meſſenger falleth into miſchiefe: but a faithfull ambaſſadour is health.
אֵמוּן , masculine noun, ʾeymun — faithfulness (value 97)
H529,
אֵמוּן ʼêmûwn, ay-moon'; from H539; established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness:—faith(-ful), truth.faithfulness, trusting
faithful, trusty (as adj.)
Used in 5 Verses, 3 Books 5  Occurrence Count
מַלְאָךְ , masculine noun, malʾakh — a messenger (value 91)
H4397,
מַלְאָךְ mălʼâk, mal-awk'; from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher):—ambassador, angel, king, messenger.messenger, representative
messenger
angel
the theophanic angel
Used in 196 Verses, 25 Books 213  Occurrence Count
מַרְפֵּא , masculine noun, marpeyʾ — a healing, cure, health (value 321)
H4832,
מַרְפֵּא marpêʼ, mar-pay'; from H7495; properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity:—(in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.health, healing, cure
healing, cure
health, profit, sound (of mind)
healing
incurable (with negative)
Used in 15 Verses, 5 Books 16  Occurrence Count
נָפַל , verb, nafal — to fall, lie (value 160)
H5307,
נָפַל nâphal, naw-fal'; a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative):—be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.to fall, lie, be cast down, fail
(Qal)
to fall
to fall (of violent death)
to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before
to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to , go away to, fall into the hand of
to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result
to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to
to lie, lie prostrate
(Hiphil)
to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate
to overthrow
to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot
to let drop, cause to fail (fig.)
to cause to fall
(Hithpael)
to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon
to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself
(Pilel) to fall
Used in 403 Verses, 33 Books 429  Occurrence Count
צִיר , masculine noun, tziyr — an envoy, messenger (value 300)
H6735,
צִיר tsîyr, tseer; from H6696; a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or errand-doer (as constrained by the principal):—ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare H6736.envoy, messenger
pivot of door, hinge
pang, distress
Used in 11 Verses, 6 Books 12  Occurrence Count
רַע , absolute state masculine plural intensive noun, raʿ — bad, evil (value 270)
H7451,
רַע raʻ, rah; from H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):—adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Including feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.)adjective
bad, evil
bad, disagreeable, malignant
bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
evil, displeasing
bad (of its kind - land, water, etc)
bad (of value)
worse than, worst (comparison)
sad, unhappy
evil (hurtful)
bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
in general, of persons, of thoughts
deeds, actions
masculine noun
evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
evil, distress, adversity
evil, injury, wrong
evil (ethical)
feminine noun
evil, misery, distress, injury
evil, misery, distress
evil, injury, wrong
evil (ethical)
Used in 623 Verses, 36 Books 660  Occurrence Count
רָשָׁע , adjective, rashaʿ — wicked, criminal (value 570)
H7563,
רָשָׁע râshâʻ, raw-shaw'; from H7561; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person:— condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.wicked, criminal
guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)
wicked (hostile to God)
wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)
Used in 248 Verses, 20 Books 261  Occurrence Count
| Proverbs 13:17Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃ |
| Verse #16765 (Ch. #641) — 7 words, 27 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| A wicked |
H7563rashaʿ |
רָשָׁע |
570 |
| messenger |
H4397malʾakh |
מַלְאָךְ |
91 |
| falleth |
H5307nafal |
נָפַל |
160 |
| into mischief: |
H7451raʿ |
רַע |
270 |
| but a faithful |
H529ʾeymun |
אֵמוּן |
97 |
| ambassador |
H6735tziyr |
צִיר |
300 |
| is health. |
H4832marpeyʾ |
מַרְפֵּא |
321 |
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