King James Version
Proverbs 5:3 in the King James Version says “For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: mouth: Heb. palate” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: mouth: Heb. palate”
Proverbs 5:3 · KJV
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: mouth: Heb. palate
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“woman drop”
H5197to ooze, i.e., distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
“For the lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“of a strange”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“than oil”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
“and her mouth”
H2441properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
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