For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
For my mouth ſhall ſpeake truth, and wickedneſſe is † an abomination to my lippes.
אֶמֶת , adverb, feminine noun, ʾemet — firmness, faithfulness, truth (value 441)
H571,
אֶמֶת ʼemeth, eh'-meth; contracted from H539; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness:—assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.feminine noun
firmness, faithfulness, truth
sureness, reliability
stability, continuance
faithfulness, reliableness
truth
as spoken
of testimony and judgment
of divine instruction
truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge
true doctrine
adverb
in truth, truly
Used in 125 Verses, 23 Books 127  Occurrence Count
הָגָה , verb, haga — to moan, growl, utter, speak, muse (value 13)
H1897,
הָגָה hâgâh, haw-gaw'; a primitive root (compare H1901); to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder:—imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, × sore, speak, study, talk, utter.to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak
(Qal)
to roar, growl, groan
to utter, speak
to meditate, devise, muse, imagine
(Poal) to utter
(Hiphil) to mutter
Used in 24 Verses, 6 Books 24  Occurrence Count
חֵךְ , masculine noun, heykh — palate, roof of the mouth, gums (value 28)
H2441,
חֵךְ chêk, khake; probably from H2596 in the sense of tasting; properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing):—(roof of the) mouth, taste.mouth, palate, taste, gums
Used in 18 Verses, 7 Books 18  Occurrence Count
כִּי , conjunction, kiy — that, for, when (value 30)
H3588,
כִּי kîy, kee; a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed:—and, (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), but, certainly, doubtless, else, even, except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, (al-) though, till, truly, until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
that
yea, indeed
when (of time)
when, if, though (with a concessive force)
because, since (causal connection)
but (after negative)
that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
but rather, but
except that
only, nevertheless
surely
that is
but if
for though
forasmuch as, for therefore
Used in 3909 Verses, 39 Books 4487  Occurrence Count
רֶשַׁע , masculine noun, reshaʿ — wickedness (value 570)
H7562,
רֶשַׁע reshaʻ, reh'-shah; from H7561; a wrong (especially moral):—iniquity, wicked(-ness).wrong, wickedness, guilt
wickedness (as violence and crime against civil law)
wickedness (of enemies)
wickedness (in ethical relations)
Used in 29 Verses, 11 Books 30  Occurrence Count
שָׂפָה , feminine noun, safa — lip, speech, edge (value 385)
H8193,
שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw'; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):—band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
lip (as body part)
language
edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
Used in 164 Verses, 25 Books 175  Occurrence Count
תּוֹעֵבַה , feminine noun, toʿeyvah — abomination (value 483)
H8441,
תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah, to-ay-baw'; or תֹּעֵבַה tôʻêbah; feminine active participle of H8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol:—abominable (custom, thing), abomination.a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable
in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages)
in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)
Used in 112 Verses, 14 Books 117  Occurrence Count
| Proverbs 8:7Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| כִּֽי־אֱ֭מֶת יֶהְגֶּ֣ה חִכִּ֑י וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת שְׂפָתַ֣י רֶֽשַׁע׃ |
| Verse #16610 (Ch. #636) — 7 words, 25 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| For my mouth |
H2441heykh |
חֵךְ |
28 |
| shall speak |
H1897haga |
הָגָה |
13 |
| truth; |
H571ʾemet |
אֶמֶת |
441 |
| and wickedness |
H7562reshaʿ |
רֶשַׁע |
570 |
| is an abomination |
H8441toʿeyvah |
תּוֹעֵבַה |
483 |
| to my lips. |
H8193safa |
שָׂפָה |
385 |
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