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Proverbs 15:1
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַעֲנֶהmaʻăneh · mah-an-eh'
H4617 · Hebrew
H4617 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a reply (favorable or contradictory)
- Derivation
- from H6030 (עָנָה);
- KJV renderings
- answer, [idiom] himself.
- Grammar
- מַֽעֲנֶה — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 32:3Job 32:5Proverbs 15:23Proverbs 16:1Proverbs 16:4
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 מַעֲנֶה 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.