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Proverbs 26

Prov. 26:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As the door
deleth (Hebrew #1817)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door
KJV usage: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
Pronounce: deh'-leth
Origin: from 1802
turneth
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon his hinges
tsiyr (Hebrew #6735)
a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or errand-doer (as constrained by the principal)
KJV usage: ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare 6736.
Pronounce: tseer
Origin: from 6696
, so doth the slothful
`atsel (Hebrew #6102)
indolent
KJV usage: slothful, sluggard.
Pronounce: aw-tsale'
Origin: from 6101
upon his bed
mittah (Hebrew #4296)
a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), bier.
Pronounce: mit-taw'
Origin: from 5186
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Bed; Bedstead,
Hinge

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 6:9‑10• 9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
 10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (Prov. 6:9‑10)
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Prov. 12:24,27• 24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
 27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. (Prov. 12:24,27)
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Prov. 24:33• 33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (Prov. 24:33)
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Heb. 6:12• 12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. (Heb. 6:12)
• In olden times doors were not hung upon hinges, but turned upon pivots, thus moving frequently, but never going anywhere. They turned on the pivot, but did not move from it. So with the sluggard; he is constantly expecting to be up and doing, but remains upon his bed, tossing from side to side. (“Proverbs Twenty-Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.