| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | A soothing | מַרְפֵּ֣א | mar·pe | 4832 | a healing, cure, health | from rapha |
| tongue | לָ֭שֹׁון | la·sho·vn | 3956 | tongue | from an unused word |
| is a tree | עֵ֣ץ | etz | 6086 | tree, trees, wood | from an unused word |
| of life, | | | 2425b | life | from chayah |
| But perversion | וְסֶ֥לֶף | ve·se·lef | 5558 | crookedness, crooked dealing | from salaph |
| in it crushes | שֶׁ֣בֶר | she·ver | 7667 | a breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash | from shabar |
| the spirit. | בְּרֽוּחַ׃ | be·ru·ach. | 7307 | breath, wind, spirit | from an unused word |
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KJV Lexicon
A wholesome
marpe' (mar-pay')
curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
tongue
lashown (law-shone')
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
is a tree
`ets (ates)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
of life
chay (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
but perverseness
celeph (seh'-lef)
distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness -- perverseness.
therein is a breach
sheber (sheh'-ber)
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream) -- affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
in the spirit
ruwach (roo'-akh)
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 |
