King James Version
Proverbs 7:4 in the King James Version says “Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:”
Proverbs 7:4 · KJV
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou art my sister”
H269a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
“and call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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