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Proverbs 31

Prov. 31:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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She seeketh
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
wool
tsemer (Hebrew #6785)
wool
KJV usage: wool(-len).
Pronounce: tseh'-mer
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy
, and flax
pishteh (Hebrew #6593)
linen (i.e. the thread, as carded)
KJV usage: flax, linen.
Pronounce: pish-teh'
Origin: from the same as 6580 as in the sense of comminuting
, and worketh
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
willingly
chephets (Hebrew #2656)
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
Pronounce: khay'-fets
Origin: from 2654
with her hands
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
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Flax,
Wool

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Ministry on This Verse

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worketh.
Gen. 18:6‑8• 6And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes.
 7And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf tender and good, and gave it to the attendant; and he hasted to dress it.
 8And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate. (Gen. 18:6‑8)
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Gen. 24:13‑14,18‑20• 13Behold, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.
 14And let it come to pass, that the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and who will say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, be she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby I shall know that thou hast dealt kindly with my master.
 18And she said, Drink, my lord! And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink.
 19And when she had given him enough to drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough.
 20And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water; and she drew for all his camels. (Gen. 24:13‑14,18‑20)
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Gen. 29:9‑10• 9While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
 10And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban his mother's brother. (Gen. 29:9‑10)
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Ex. 2:16• 16And the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs, to water their father's flock. (Ex. 2:16)
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Ruth 2:2‑3,23• 2And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me, I pray, go to the field and glean among the ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find favour. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
 3And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
 23So she kept with the maidens of Boaz to glean, until the end of the barley-harvest and of the wheat-harvest. And she dwelt with her mother-in-law. (Ruth 2:2‑3,23)
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Isa. 3:16‑24• 16And Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-out neck and wanton eyes, and go along mincing, and making a tinkling with their feet;
 17therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
 18In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the little suns and crescents,
 19the pearl-drops, and the bracelets, and the veils,
 20the head-dresses, and the stepping chains, and the girdles, and the scent-boxes, and the amulets;
 21the finger-rings, and the nose-rings;
 22the festival-robes, and the tunics, and the mantles, and the wallets;
 23the mirrors, and the fine linen bodices, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
 24And it shall come to pass, instead of perfume there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe of display, a girding of sackcloth; brand instead of beauty. (Isa. 3:16‑24)
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Isa. 32:9‑11• 9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
 10In a year and some days shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth on your loins! (Isa. 32:9‑11)
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Acts 9:39‑40• 39And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
 40But Peter, putting them all out, and kneeling down, prayed. And, turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up. (Acts 9:39‑40)
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1 Thess. 4:11• 11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you, (1 Thess. 4:11)
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2 Thess. 3:10‑12• 10For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.
 11For we hear that there are some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies.
 12Now such we enjoin and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread. (2 Thess. 3:10‑12)
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1 Tim. 5:10,14• 10borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.
 14I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach. (1 Tim. 5:10,14)
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Titus 2:5• 5discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. (Titus 2:5)
• (Daleth) Finding her deepest joy in loving service, the virtuous wife takes delight in weaving with her own hands the wool and the flax which are to be the clothing for her household. The picture is an Eastern one, but none the less lovely to Western eyes. Kitto says, “In the state of society to which this description belongs, every kind of drapery for the person, the tent, or the house, is manufactured at home by the women, who make it a matter of pride to be able to boast that their husbands and children are entirely clad by the labor of their hands; and the man’s robe clings the more sweetly to him—is warmer in winter, and cooler in the heat, from his knowledge of the dear hands by which every thread has been prepared.” (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her handsl.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "palms" here and in Num. 5.18.