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Proverbs 7:2 open_in_new
live: i.e. live for ever, in resurrection and eternal life. See note on Leviticus 18:5. Illustrations: Adam (Genesis 3:22; Genesis 3:23); Lot's wife (Genesis 19:26); Saul (1 Chronicles 10:13); Prophet (1 Kings 13).
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Proverbs 7:3 open_in_new
Bind them. Compare Proverbs 3:3.Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 11:18.
table. tablet.
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Proverbs 7:4 open_in_new
sister. Compare Matthew 12:50.
kinswoman. close friend (masc). Only other occurance. Ruth 2:1, of Boaz.
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Proverbs 7:5 open_in_new
strange. apostate. Hebrew. zur. See note on Proverbs 5:3.
stranger. alien, or foreigner. See note on Proverbs 5:3.
flattereth. maketh smooth.
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Proverbs 7:7 open_in_new
simple. See note on Proverbs 1:4.
youths. sons.
understanding. Hebrew heart. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for understanding. Compare Proverbs 6:32.
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Proverbs 7:8 open_in_new
street. back street.
went. sauntered.
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Proverbs 7:9 open_in_new
twilight. darkness.. Homonym. See note on 1 Samuel 30:17.
evening. evening of the day.
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Proverbs 7:10 open_in_new
subtil. hidden. Hebrew. nazar. Not the same word as in Genesis 3:1. Same as in Isaiah 48:6.
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Proverbs 7:13 open_in_new
impudent. Hebrew hardened. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for boldness.
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Proverbs 7:16 open_in_new
decked, &c. These words in verses: Proverbs 7:16; Proverbs 7:17, are rare words appropriately put into the lips of. foreigner.
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Proverbs 7:18 open_in_new
take our fill. drink deep.
loves. Plural. much love.
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Proverbs 7:19 open_in_new
goodman. master of the house. Compare Matthew 24:43.Luke 12:39.
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Proverbs 7:20 open_in_new
the day appointed. the new moon.
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Proverbs 7:22 open_in_new
straightway. suddenly.
fool. Hebrew. 'evil. See note on Proverbs 1:7.
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Proverbs 7:23 open_in_new
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Proverbs 7:24 open_in_new
children. sons. See the Structure, p. 864.
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Proverbs 7:26 open_in_new
she hath cast down. Illustrations: Samson (Judges 16:4-21); David (2 Samuel 11); Solomon (1 Kings 11.Nehemiah 13:26; Nehemiah 13:26).
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Proverbs 7:27 open_in_new
hell. the grave. Hebrew. sheol. App-35.
chambers. inner chambers. An explanation of Sheol.