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Proverbs 19:5
“A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֵדʻêd · ayd
H5707 · Hebrew
H5707 · Hebrew
- Definition
- concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
- Derivation
- contracted from H5749 (עוּד);
- KJV renderings
- witness.
- Grammar
- עֵ֣ד — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 70 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:44Genesis 31:48Genesis 31:50Genesis 31:52Exodus 20:16
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 עֵד 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.