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Proverbs 9

Prov. 9:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For she sitteth
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
at the door
pethach (Hebrew #6607)
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
KJV usage: door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
Pronounce: peh'-thakh
Origin: from 6605
of her house
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
, on a seat
kicce' (Hebrew #3678)
from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
KJV usage: seat, stool, throne.
Pronounce: kis-say'
Origin: or kicceh {kis-say'}
in the 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
of the city
qereth (Hebrew #7176)
a city
KJV usage: city.
Pronounce: keh'-reth
Origin: from 7136 in the sense of building
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 7:10‑12• 10And, behold, there met him a woman{HR}[In] the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
 11She [is] clamorous and ungovernable;{HR}Her feet abide not in her house;
 12Now [she is] in the streets,{HR}Now in the broadways,{HR}And lieth in wait at every corner. (Prov. 7:10‑12)
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Prov. 9:3• 3She hath sent forth her maidens;{HR}She crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city, (Prov. 9:3)
• So ready are men to give heed to Folly, that she needs none to go about entreating them to enter her house. She is represented as sitting at the entrance, enticing those who go right on their way to turn in to her abode of sin and shame. Many are the guests who enter. (“Proverbs Nine” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

W. Kelly Translation

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And she sitteth at the door of her house,{HR}On a seat in the high places of the city,