Proverbs
Chapter 16
Verse 27
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Proverbs 16

King James Version, Verse 27

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27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 16:27. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 47
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְעַל־שפתיו כְּאֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת׃

9 word entries
אִ֣ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל
Lemma
1100
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1100
Occurrences
22
כֹּרֶ֣ה
Lemma
3738 b
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3738
Occurrences
14
רָעָ֑ה
Lemma
7451 c
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H7451
Occurrences
165
וְעַל
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + preposition
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
543
שפתיו
Lemma
8193
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine dual construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8193
Occurrences
144
שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹ
Lemma
8193
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8193
Occurrences
144
כְּאֵ֣שׁ
Lemma
k/784
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H784
Occurrences
16
צָרָֽבֶת
Lemma
6867 a
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6867
Occurrences
1
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ὀρύσσει ἑαυτῷ κακὰ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ χειλέων θησαυρίζει πῦρ.

12 word entries
ἀνὴρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
aner
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
ἄφρων
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
aphron
Morphology
adjective/substantive, nominative masculine/feminine singular
Gloss
foolish, fool
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Foolish, senseless, or a fool.
Occurrences
50
ὀρύσσει
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
oryssei
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἑαυτῷ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
κακὰ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kaka
Morphology
adjective/substantive, nominative/accusative neuter plural
Gloss
evil things, bad things
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Bad, evil, harmful, or wicked.
Occurrences
242
ἐπὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐπί
Transliteration
epi
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, over, against
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of the preposition ἐπί.
Occurrences
6685
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
τῶν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἑαυτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
χειλέων
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
cheileon
Morphology
noun, neuter genitive plural
Gloss
of lips
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lip, edge, or shore.
Occurrences
117
θησαυρίζει
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
thesayrizei
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
πῦρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
πῦρ
Transliteration
pyr
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
fire
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Fire.
Occurrences
446
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܓܒܪܐ ܥܘܠܐ ܚܫܠ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܘܡܢ ܦܘܡܗ ܝ̇ܩܕܐ ܢܘܪܐ

8 word entries
ܓܒܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
622
ܥܘܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'wl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
232
ܚܫܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܚܫܠ
Transliteration
hshl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
3
ܒܝܫܬܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
bysht'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
352
ܘܡܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܘܡܢ
Transliteration
wmn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
827
ܦܘܡܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
pwmh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
115
ܝ̇ܩܕܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
yqd'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
46
ܢܘܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
nwr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
134
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

גַבְרָא טָלוֹמָא חָפַר בִּישְׁתָּא וּבְשִׂפְוָתֵיהּ נוּרָא יָהֲבָא זְלִיקֵי׃

8 word entries
גַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
gbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
טָלוֹמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tlwm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
9
חָפַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חפר
Transliteration
chpr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
14
בִּישְׁתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
bysht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
193
וּבְשִׂפְוָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wbshpwtyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
נוּרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nwr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
115
יָהֲבָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yhb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
5
זְלִיקֵי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
zlyqy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Vir impius fodit malum, et in labiis ejus ignis ardescit.

10 word entries
vir
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uir
Transliteration
vir
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1641
impius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impius
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
fodit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fodio
Transliteration
fodit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
43
malum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
malum
Transliteration
malum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
129
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
labiis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
labium
Transliteration
labiis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
109
eius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
ignis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ignis
Transliteration
ignis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
540
ardescit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ardesco
Transliteration
ardescit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1

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Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

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¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

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My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

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If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

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And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

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Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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