A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
* A true witneſſe deliuereth ſoules: but a deceitfull witneſſe ſpeaketh lyes.
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
כָּזָב , masculine noun, kazav — a lie, falsehood, deceptive thing (value 29)
H3577,
כָּזָב kâzâb, kaw-zawb'; from H3576; falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol):—deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing
Used in 29 Verses, 8 Books 29  Occurrence Count
מִרְמָה , feminine noun, mirma — deceit, treachery (value 285)
H4820,
מִרְמָה mirmâh, meer-maw'; from H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud:—craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.Used in 38 Verses, 12 Books 38  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
נָצַל , verb, natzal — to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver (value 170)
H5337,
נָצַל nâtsal, naw-tsal'; a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense:—× at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, × without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, × surely, take (out).to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder
(Niphal)
to tear oneself away, deliver oneself
to be torn out or away, be delivered
(Piel)
to strip off, spoil
to deliver
(Hiphil)
to take away, snatch away
to rescue, recover
to deliver (from enemies or troubles or death)
to deliver from sin and guilt
(Hophal) to be plucked out
(Hithpael) to strip oneself
Used in 194 Verses, 27 Books 208  Occurrence Count
עֵד , masculine noun, ʿeyd — a witness (value 74)
H5707,
עֵד ʻêd, ayd; contracted from H5749; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince:—witness.witness
witness, testimony, evidence (of things)
witness (of people)
Used in 60 Verses, 15 Books 70  Occurrence Count
פּוּחַ , verb, puah — to breathe, blow (value 94)
H6315,
פּוּחַ pûwach, poo'akh; a primitive root; to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff:—blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.to breathe, blow
(Qal) to breathe
(Hiphil)
to cause to exhale or breathe
to puff, snort
to excite, inflame
to puff, pant for it
to breathe out, utter
to blow, blast
Used in 14 Verses, 5 Books 14  Occurrence Count
| Proverbs 14:25Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מַצִּ֣יל נְ֭פָשׁוֹת עֵ֣ד אֱמֶ֑ת וְיָפִ֖חַ כְּזָבִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃ |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| A true |
H571ʾemet |
אֶמֶת |
441 |
| witness |
H5707ʿeyd |
עֵד |
74 |
| delivereth |
H5337natzal |
נָצַל |
170 |
| souls: |
H5315nefesh |
נֶפֶשׁ |
430 |
| but a deceitful |
H4820mirma |
מִרְמָה |
285 |
| witness speaketh |
H6315puah |
פּוּחַ |
94 |
| lies. |
H3577kazav |
כָּזָב |
29 |
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