Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
* Pride goeth before deſtruction: and an hautie ſpirit before a fall.
גָּאוֹן , masculine noun, gaʾon — redemption (value 60)
H1347,
גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn, gaw-ohn'; from H1342; the same as H1346:—arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.exaltation, majesty, pride
majesty, exaltation, excellence
of nations
of God
of the Jordan
pride, arrogance (bad sense)
Used in 45 Verses, 14 Books 49  Occurrence Count
גֹּבַהּ , masculine noun, govahh — height (value 10)
H1363,
גֹּבַהּ gôbahh, go'-bah; from H1361; elation, grandeur, arrogance:—excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.height, exaltation
height
exaltation, grandeur
haughtiness
Used in 16 Verses, 8 Books 17  Occurrence Count
כִּשָּׁלוֹן , masculine noun, kishalon — a stumbling (value 406)
H3783,
כִּשָּׁלוֹן kishshâlôwn, kish-shaw-lone'; from H3782; properly, a tottering, i.e. ruin:—fall.a stumbling, a fall, a calamity
Used in 1 Verse, 1 Book 1  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
רוּחַ , feminine noun, ruah — breath, wind, spirit (value 214)
H7307,
רוּחַ rûwach, roo'-akh; from H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions):—air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).wind, breath, mind, spirit
breath
wind
of heaven
quarter (of wind), side
breath of air
air, gas
vain, empty thing
spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)
spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour
courage
temper, anger
impatience, patience
spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)
disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse
prophetic spirit
spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)
as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being
spirit (as seat of emotion)
desire
sorrow, trouble
spirit
as seat or organ of mental acts
rarely of the will
as seat especially of moral character
Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son
as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy
as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning
imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power
as endowing men with various gifts
as energy of life
as manifest in the Shekinah glory
never referred to as a depersonalised force
Used in 348 Verses, 32 Books 378  Occurrence Count
שֶׁבֶר , masculine noun, shever — a breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash (value 502)
H7667,
שֶׁבֶר sheber, sheh'-ber; or שֵׁבֶר shêber; from H7665; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream):—affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering
breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing
crashing
breaking (of a dream), interpretation
quarries
Used in 41 Verses, 12 Books 44  Occurrence Count
| Proverbs 16:18Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֥בֶר גָּא֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן גֹּ֣בַהּ רֽוּחַ׃ |
| Verse #16859 (Ch. #644) — 7 words, 27 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Pride |
H1347gaʾon |
גָּאוֹן |
60 |
| goeth before |
H6440paniym |
פָּנִים |
180 |
| destruction, |
H7667shever |
שֶׁבֶר |
502 |
| and an haughty |
H1363govahh |
גֹּבַהּ |
10 |
| spirit |
H7307ruah |
רוּחַ |
214 |
| before |
H6440paniym |
פָּנִים |
180 |
| a fall. |
H3783kishalon |
כִּשָּׁלוֹן |
406 |
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