Textus Receptus Bibles

Bible Analysis

Proverbs 4:4

(Click on the Strongs Numbers)

Masoretic Text 1524

H3384 He taught וירני

H559 me also and said ויאמר

H8551 retain לי יתמך

H1697 my words דברי

H3820 unto me Let thine heart לבך

H8104 keep שׁמר

H4687 my commandments מצותי

H2421 and live וחיה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3384 taught

also

and

H559 said

unto

Let

thine

H3820 heart

H8551 retain

H1697 words

H8104 keep

H4687 commandments

and

H2421 live

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8551

Hebrew: תָּמַךְ

Transliteration: tâmak

Pronunciation: taw-mak'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: ({take} up-) hold ({up}) {maintain} {retain} stay (up).

Definition:

to sustain; by implication to {obtain} keep fast; figuratively to {help} follow close

1. to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast

a. (Qal)

1. to grasp, lay hold of, attain

2. to hold up, support

3. to hold, keep

4. to take hold of each other

b. (Niphal) to be seized, be held

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906