Proverbs 16:24
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Pleasantנֹ֑עַם
(no·'am;)
5278: delightfulness, pleasantnessfrom naem
wordsאִמְרֵי־
(im·rei-)
561: speech, wordfrom amar
are a honeycomb,דְּ֭בַשׁ
(de·vash)
1706: honeyfrom an unused word
Sweetמָתֹ֥וק
(ma·to·vk)
4966: sweet, sweetnessfrom mathoq
to the soulלַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ
(lan·ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
and healingוּמַרְפֵּ֥א
(u·mar·pe)
4832: a healing, cure, healthfrom rapha
to the bones.לָעָֽצֶם׃
(la·'a·tzem.)
6106: bone, substance, selffrom atsom


















KJV Lexicon
Pleasant
no`am  (no'-am)
agreeableness, i.e. delight, suitableness, splendor or grace -- beauty, pleasant(-ness).
words
'emer  (ay'-mer)
something said -- answer, appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
are as an honeycomb
tsuwph  (tsoof)
comb of honey (from dripping) -- honeycomb.
dbash  (deb-ash')
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup -- honey(-comb).
sweet
mathowq  (maw-thoke')
sweet -- sweet(-er, -ness).
to the soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
and health
marpe'  (mar-pay')
curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
to the bones
`etsem  (eh'tsem)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame -- body, bone, life, (self-)same, strength, very.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

King James Bible
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Pleasant words are a honeycomb: sweet to the taste and health to the body.

International Standard Version
Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb— sweet to the soul and healing for the body.

NET Bible
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The speech of the wise is a honeycomb of honey, and it is sweet to his soul and healing to his bones.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Pleasant words are [like] honey from a honeycomb- sweet to the spirit and healthy for the body.

King James 2000 Bible
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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