A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is as a troubled fountaine, aud a corrupt ſpring.
מוֹט , verb, mot — to totter, shake, slip (value 55)
H4131,
מוֹט môwṭ, mote; a primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall:—be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, × exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.to totter, shake, slip
(Qal) to totter, shake, slip
(Niphal) to be shaken, be moved, be overthrown
(Hiphil) to dislodge, let fall, drop
(Hithpael) to be greatly shaken
Used in 36 Verses, 7 Books 37  Occurrence Count
מַעְיָן , masculine noun, maʿyan — a spring (value 170)
H4599,
מַעְיָן maʻyân, mah-yawn'; or מַעְיְנוֹ maʻyenôw; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה maʻyânâh; from H5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction):—fountain, spring, well.Used in 23 Verses, 12 Books 23  Occurrence Count
מָקוֹר , masculine noun, makor — a spring, fountain (value 346)
H4726,
מָקוֹר mâqôwr, maw-kore'; or מָקֹר mâqôr; from H6979; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny):—fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).spring, fountain
spring
of source of life, joy, purification (fig.)
of the eye (fig.)
source (of menstruous blood)
flow (of blood after child birth)
Used in 17 Verses, 6 Books 18  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
צַדִּיק , adjective, tzaddiyk — just, righteous (value 204)
H6662,
צַדִּיק tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'; from H6663; just:—just, lawful, righteous (man).just, lawful, righteous
just, righteous (in government)
just, right (in one's cause)
just, righteous (in conduct and character)
righteous (as justified and vindicated by God)
right, correct, lawful
Used in 197 Verses, 25 Books 206  Occurrence Count
רָפַשׂ , verb, rafas — foul, trouble (value 580)
H7515,
רָפַשׂ râphas, raw-fas'; a primitive root; to trample, i.e. roil water:—foul, trouble.to stamp, tread, foul by stamping or treading
(Qal) to tread down, foul by treading, foul with the feet
(Niphal) to be fouled
Used in 3 Verses, 2 Books 3  Occurrence Count
רָשָׁע , adjective, rashaʿ — wicked, criminal (value 570)
H7563,
רָשָׁע râshâʻ, raw-shaw'; from H7561; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person:— condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.wicked, criminal
guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)
wicked (hostile to God)
wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)
Used in 248 Verses, 20 Books 261  Occurrence Count
שָׁחַת , verb, shahat — perhaps to go to ruin (value 708)
H7843,
שָׁחַת shâchath, shaw-khath'; a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively):—batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, × utterly, waste(-r).to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay
(Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted
(Piel)
to spoil, ruin
to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally)
(Hiphil)
to spoil, ruin, destroy
to pervert, corrupt (morally)
destroyer (participle)
(Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)
Used in 136 Verses, 25 Books 145  Occurrence Count
| Proverbs 25:26Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּמָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת צַ֝דִּ֗יק מָ֣ט לִפְנֵֽי־רָשָֽׁע׃ |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| A righteous |
H6662tzaddiyk |
צַדִּיק |
204 |
| man falling down |
H4131mot |
מוֹט |
55 |
| before |
H6440paniym |
פָּנִים |
180 |
| the wicked |
H7563rashaʿ |
רָשָׁע |
570 |
| is as a troubled |
H7515rafas |
רָפַשׂ |
580 |
| fountain, |
H4599maʿyan |
מַעְיָן |
170 |
| and a corrupt |
H7843shahat |
שָׁחַת |
708 |
| spring. |
H4726makor |
מָקוֹר |
346 |
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