King James Version
Proverbs 8:35 in the King James Version says “For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. obtain: Heb. bring forth” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. obtain: Heb. bring forth”
Proverbs 8:35 · KJV
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. obtain: Heb. bring forth
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For whoso findeth”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“For whoso findeth”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“and shall obtain”
H6329to issue, i.e., furnish; causatively, to secure; figuratively, to succeed
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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