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Proverbs 14:15
“The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פְּתִיpᵉthîy · peth-ee'
H6612 · Hebrew
H6612 · Hebrew
- Definition
- silly (i.e. seducible)
- Derivation
- or פֶּתִי; or פְּתָאִי; from H6601 (פָּתָה);
- KJV renderings
- foolish, simple(-icity, one).
- Grammar
- פֶּ֭תִי — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 19:8Psalms 116:6Psalms 119:130Proverbs 1:4Proverbs 1:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פְּתִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.