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Proverbs 9

Prov. 9:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Shef hath killed
tabach (Hebrew #2873)
to slaughter (animals or men)
KJV usage: kill, (make) slaughter, slay.
Pronounce: taw-bakh'
Origin: a primitive root
her τbeasts
tebach (Hebrew #2874)
properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstr. butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)
KJV usage: X beast, slaughter, X slay, X sore.
Pronounce: teh'-bakh
Origin: from 2873
; she hath mingled
macak (Hebrew #4537)
to mix, especially wine (with spices)
KJV usage: mingle.
Pronounce: maw-sak'
Origin: a primitive root
her wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
; she hath also furnished
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
her table
shulchan (Hebrew #7979)
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
KJV usage: table.
Pronounce: shool-khawn'
Origin: from 7971
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Matt. 22:3• 3and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come. (Matt. 22:3)
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τ
killing.

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Beast,
Table,
Wine

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Ministry on This Verse

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killed.
Isa. 25:6• 6And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. (Isa. 25:6)
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Matt. 22:3,4‑14• 3and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.
 4Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.
 5But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.
 6And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew them.
 7And when the king heard of it he was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
 8Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;
 9go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.
 10And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.
 11And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.
 12And he says to him, My friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.
 13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
 14For many are called ones, but few chosen ones. (Matt. 22:3,4‑14)
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1 Cor. 5:7‑8• 7Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our passover, Christ, has been sacrificed;
 8so that let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:7‑8)
beasts.
Heb. killing.
Gen. 43:16• 16And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and said to the man who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter cattle, and make ready; for the men shall eat with me at noon. (Gen. 43:16)
mingled.
Prov. 9:5• 5Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled. (Prov. 9:5)
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Prov. 23:30• 30--They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine. (Prov. 23:30)
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Luke 14:17• 17And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready. (Luke 14:17)
• A well-furnished table, at which millions have been feasted, but inexhaustible still, is that which is spread before all who desire spiritual sustenance and cheer. (“Proverbs Nine” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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she hath slaughtered her cattled, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also preparede her table;

JND Translation Notes

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d
Lit. "her slaughtering." see Gen. 43.16.
e
Or "furnished," as Ps. 78.19.