Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Iron ſharpeneth iron: ſo a man ſharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
אִישׁ , masculine noun, ʾiysh — man (value 311)
H376,
אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.man
man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
husband
human being, person (in contrast to God)
servant
mankind
champion
great man
whosoever
each (adjective)
Used in 1850 Verses, 38 Books 2146 Occurrence Count
בַּרְזֶל , masculine noun, barzel — iron (value 239)
H1270,
בַּרְזֶל barzel, bar-zel'; perhaps from the root of H1269; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement:—(ax) head, iron.iron
iron
iron ore
as material of furniture, utensils, implements
tool of iron
harshness, strength, oppression (fig.)
Used in 70 Verses, 21 Books 73 Occurrence Count
חָדַד , verb, hadad — to be sharp, keen (value 16)
H2300,
חָדַד châdad, khaw-dad'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe:—be fierce, sharpen.to be sharp, be alert, be keen
(Qal) to be sharp, be keen
(Hiphil) to sharpen
(Hophal) to be sharpened
Used in 5 Verses, 3 Books 6 Occurrence Count
פָּנִים , masculine noun, paniym — face, faces (value 180)
H6440,
פָּנִים pânîym, paw-neem'; plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה pâneh; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.):— accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, prospect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.face
face, faces
presence, person
face (of seraphim or cherubim)
face (of animals)
face, surface (of ground)
as adv of loc/temp
before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before
with prep
in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of
Used in 1891 Verses, 38 Books 2118 Occurrence Count
רֵעַ , masculine noun, reyaʿ — friend, companion, fellow (value 270)
H7453,
רֵעַ rêaʻ, ray'-ah; or רֵיעַ rêyaʻ; from H7462; an associate (more or less close):—brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, × (an-) other.friend, companion, fellow, another person
friend, intimate
fellow, fellow-citizen, another person (weaker sense)
other, another (reciprocal phrase)
Used in 173 Verses, 29 Books 187 Occurrence Count
| Proverbs 27:17Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| בַּרְזֶ֣ל בְּבַרְזֶ֣ל יָ֑חַד וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ יַ֣חַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ |
| Verse #17187 (Ch. #655) — 7 words, 26 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Iron |
H1270barzel |
בַּרְזֶל |
239 |
| sharpeneth |
H2300hadad |
חָדַד |
16 |
| iron; |
H1270barzel |
בַּרְזֶל |
239 |
| so a man |
H376ʾiysh |
אִישׁ |
311 |
| sharpeneth |
H2300hadad |
חָדַד |
16 |
| the countenance |
H6440paniym |
פָּנִים |
180 |
| of his friend. |
H7453reyaʿ |
רֵעַ |
270 |
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