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Proverbs 5

Prov. 5:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fora the lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
of a strange woman
zuwr (Hebrew #2114)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
KJV usage: (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-)strange(-r, thing, woman).
Pronounce: zoor
Origin: a primitive root
drop
nataph (Hebrew #5197)
to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
KJV usage: drop(-ping), prophesy(-et).
Pronounce: naw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
as an honeycomb
nopheth (Hebrew #5317)
a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)
KJV usage: honeycomb.
Pronounce: no'-feth
Origin: from 5130 in the sense of shaking to pieces
, and her ξmouth
chek (Hebrew #2441)
properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
KJV usage: (roof of the) mouth, taste.
Pronounce: khake
Origin: probably from 2596 in the sense of tasting
is smoother
chalaq (Hebrew #2509)
smooth (especially of tongue)
KJV usage: flattering, smooth.
Pronounce: khaw-lawk'
Origin: from 2505
than oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
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Prov. 6:24• 24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. (Prov. 6:24)
ξ
palate.

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Oil,
Woman

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the lips.
Prov. 2:16• 16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; (Prov. 2:16)
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Prov. 6:24• 24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. (Prov. 6:24)
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Prov. 7:21• 21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. (Prov. 7:21)
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Rev. 17:2‑6• 2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
 3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
 4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
 5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
 6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (Rev. 17:2‑6)
mouth.
Heb. palate.
smoother.
Psa. 55:21• 21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. (Psa. 55:21)
• Throughout this collection of Proverbs, the strange woman is looked upon as an intruder from the outside, not a daughter of Israel who has been betrayed from the path of virtue. The law declared there was to be no harlot among the woman of the chosen people. It was from the surrounding countries the temptresses entered to seduce the young men of the separated nation. (“Proverbs Five” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouthg is smoother than oil;

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "palate."