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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 forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. (Matt. 22:3)
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killing.

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Beast,
Table,
Wine

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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killed.
Isa. 25:6• 6And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people 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 forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
 4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
 5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
 6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
 7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
 8Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
 9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
 10So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
 11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
 12And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
 13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 14For many are called, but few are chosen. (Matt. 22:3,4‑14)
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1 Cor. 5:7‑8• 7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
 8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:7‑8)
beasts.
Heb. killing.
Gen. 43:16• 16And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. (Gen. 43:16)
mingled.
Prov. 9:5• 5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. (Prov. 9:5)
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Prov. 23:30• 30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. (Prov. 23:30)
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Luke 14:17• 17And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now 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.