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Proverbs 31

Prov. 31:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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She is not afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
of the snow
sheleg (Hebrew #7950)
snow (probably from its whiteness)
KJV usage: snow(-y).
Pronounce: sheh'-leg
Origin: from 7949
for her household
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
: for all her household
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
are clothed
labash (Hebrew #3847)
a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
Pronounce: law-bash'
Origin: or labesh {law-bashe'}
with δscarlet
shaniy (Hebrew #8144)
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
KJV usage: crimson, scarlet (thread).
Pronounce: shaw-nee'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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or, double garments.

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Household,
Scarlet,
Snow

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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afraid.
Prov. 25:20• 20As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. (Prov. 25:20)
scarlet.
or, double garments.
Gen. 45:22• 22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. (Gen. 45:22)
• (Lamed) Nor is hers the charity which fails to begin at home, for she watches solicitously for the comfort of her family; by her own skill making scarlet garments of the warm wool for their covering in time of cold and snow. (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)
• Some prefer the rendering “double-garments” to “scarlet,” as they do not see what the color has to do with keeping out the cold; but the word is never so translated elsewhere in Scripture. It is the scarlet obtained from the Tola, a cochineal-like insect, which, being crushed, produces a fine deep red, or rich crimson dye, much admired by the Orientals. It is the “worm” of Psalm 22:6, to which our Lord likens Himself, He who was bruised and slain that all His redeemed might be clothed in splendor for eternity. It is noteworthy that, to the present day, the mountain Nestorians, and other Eastern tribes clothe their households in a scarlet or striped stuff, much like Scotch tartan in texture and material. It is to garments such as these that the text refers. Even in the smallest details the word of God is absolutely correct. (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.