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Proverbs 18:24

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Masoretic Text 1524

H376 A man אישׁ

H7453 that hath friends רעים

H7489 must shew himself friendly להתרעע

H3426 and there is וישׁ

H157 a friend אהב

H1695 that sticketh closer דבק

H251 מאח׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H376 man

that

hath

H7453 friends

must

shew

himself

H7489 friendly

and

there

H3426 is

H157 friend

that

sticketh

H1695 closer

than

H4480 brother

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7489

Hebrew: רָעַע

Transliteration: râʻaʻ

Pronunciation: raw-ah'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {afflict} associate selves [by mistake for {H7462]} break ({down} in {pieces}) + {displease} ({be} {bring} do) evil ({doer} {entreat} {man}) show self friendly [by mistake for {H7462]} do {harm} (do) {hurt} (behave {self} deal) {ill} X-(idiom) {indeed} do {mischief} {punish} still {vex} (do) wicked ({doer} {-ly}) be ({deal} do) worse.

Definition:

properly to spoil (literally by breaking to pieces); figuratively to make (or be) good for {nothing} that {is} bad ({physically} socially or morally). (associate selves and show self friendly are by mistake for H7462.)

1. to be bad, be evil

a. (Qal)

1. to be displeasing

2. to be sad

3. to be injurious, be evil

4. to be wicked, be evil (ethically)

b. (Hiphil)

1. to do an injury or hurt

2. to do evil or wickedly

3. mischief (participle)

2. to break, shatter

a. (Qal)

1. to break

2. broken (participle)

3. to be broken

b. (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder

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