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Proverbs 8

Prov. 8:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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She standeth
natsab (Hebrew #5324)
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: appointed, deputy, erect, establish, X Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
Pronounce: naw-tsab'
Origin: a prim root
in the top
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of high places
marowm (Hebrew #4791)
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
KJV usage: (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
Pronounce: maw-rome'
Origin: from 7311
, by the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
in the places
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
of the paths
nathiyb (Hebrew #5410)
or nthibah (Jeremiah 6:16) {neth-ee-baw'}; from an unused root meaning to tramp; a (beaten) track
KJV usage: path((-way)), X travel(-ler), way.
Pronounce: naw-theeb'
Origin: or (feminine) nthiybah {neth-ee-baw'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 8:2• 2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. (Prov. 8:2)
• Let us picture this in our minds. Here's a young person who has been under parental restraint. He has been under the correction and instruction of his parents. Now he walks out the door and a little voice inside says, "Now you can do as you like." If you follow the prompting of your fallen nature, what you like will lead you in the same way that it led Adam and Eve. It will lead you into that which will only be sorrow and ruin. But wisdom cries and here this young person comes to the cross paths. He comes to a place where he finds two roads. What is he going to do? Should he say, "Well, I don't know. I suppose I should try them both and I will find out which one is the best." "Oh no," wisdom says, "you don't have to do that. You don't have to waste your time and bring sorrow into your life by going down the wrong one. I will tell you which path to choose." (“Proverbs 8” by G.H. Hayhoe)
• {v.2-3} With yearning heart she takes her stand in the marts of commerce, the paths of pleasure, the courts of judgment, and the schools of learning. Anywhere and everywhere that men are to be found, there is she—her cry and entreaty sounding above all the bustle of life. (“Proverbs Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.