Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Pleaſant words are as an honycombe, ſweete to the ſoule, and health to the bones.
אֵמֶר , masculine noun, ʾeymer — speech, word (value 241)
H561,
אֵמֶר ʼêmer, ay'-mer; from H559; something said:—answer, × appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command
Used in 47 Verses, 10 Books 49 Occurrence Count
דְּבַשׁ , masculine noun, dəvash — honey (value 306)
H1706,
דְּבַשׁ debash, deb-ash'; from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup:—honey(-comb).Used in 54 Verses, 19 Books 54 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
מָתוֹק , adjective, masculine noun, matok — sweet, sweetness (value 546)
H4966,
מָתוֹק mâthôwq, maw-thoke'; or מָתוּק mâthûwq; from H4985; sweet:—sweet(-er, -ness).adjective
sweet
masculine noun
sweetness, pleasant (thing)
Used in 11 Verses, 7 Books 11 Occurrence Count
נֹעַם , masculine noun, noʿam — delightfulness, pleasantness (value 160)
H5278,
נֹעַם nôʻam, no'-am; from H5276; agreeableness, i.e. delight, suitableness, splendor or grace:—beauty, pleasant(-ness).kindness, pleasantness, delightfulness, beauty, favour
delightfulness
symbolic name of one of two staves
pleasantness
Used in 7 Verses, 3 Books 7 Occurrence Count
נֶפֶשׁ , feminine noun, nefesh — a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion (value 430)
H5315,
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh, neh'-fesh; from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):—any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
living being
living being (with life in the blood)
the man himself, self, person or individual
seat of the appetites
seat of emotions and passions
activity of mind
dubious
activity of the will
dubious
activity of the character
dubious
Used in 683 Verses, 31 Books 748 Occurrence Count
עֶצֶם , feminine noun, ʿetzem — bone, substance, self (value 200)
H6106,
עֶצֶם ʻetsem, eh'tsem; from H6105; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pronoun) selfsame:—body, bone, × life, (self-) same, strength, × very.bone, essence, substance
bone
body, limbs, members, external body
bone (of animal)
substance, self
Used in 108 Verses, 24 Books 124 Occurrence Count
צוּף , masculine noun, tzuf — (honey) comb (value 176)
H6688,
צוּף tsûwph, tsoof; from H6687; comb of honey (from dripping):—honeycomb.Used in 2 Verses, 2 Books 2 Occurrence Count
| Proverbs 16:24Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם מָת֥וֹק לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּ֥א לָעָֽצֶם׃ |
| Verse #16865 (Ch. #644) — 8 words, 30 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Pleasant |
H5278noʿam |
נֹעַם |
160 |
| words |
H561ʾeymer |
אֵמֶר |
241 |
| are as an honeycomb, |
H6688tzuf |
צוּף |
176 |
| sweet |
H4966matok |
מָתוֹק |
546 |
| to the soul, |
H5315nefesh |
נֶפֶשׁ |
430 |
| and health |
H4832marpeyʾ |
מַרְפֵּא |
321 |
| to the bones. |
H6106ʿetzem |
עֶצֶם |
200 |
Info box. Click on a Strong's # link, or Authorized Version footnote
Code box. Any applicable codes found for this verse will be shown here.
Coded Bible Verse Examples
Scripture CodeAbout🍵 Support the Project