Proverbs 2:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For her houseבֵּיתָ֑הּ
(bei·tah;)
1004: a housea prim. root
sinks downשָׁ֣חָה
(sha·chah)
7743: to sink downa prim. root
to deathמָ֣וֶת
(ma·vet)
4194: deathfrom muth
And her tracksמַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃
(ma'·ge·lo·tei·ha.)
4570: an entrenchment, trackfrom the same as egel
[lead] to the dead;רְ֝פָאִ֗ים
(re·fa·'im)
7496: shades, ghostsfrom raphah


















KJV Lexicon
For her house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
inclineth
shuwach  (shoo'-akh)
to sink, literally or figuratively -- bow down, incline, humble.
unto death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
and her paths
ma`gal  (mah-gawl')
a track; also a rampart (as circular) -- going, path, trench, way(-side).
unto the dead
rapha'  (raw-faw')
lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only) -- dead, deceased.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead;

King James Bible
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for her house sinks down to death and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

International Standard Version
For her house leads down to death, and her paths down to the realm of the dead.

NET Bible
For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
She has forgotten the doorposts of her house and the steps of her paths.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Her house sinks down to death. Her ways lead to the souls of the dead.

King James 2000 Bible
For her house leads unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
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