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Proverbs 20:4
“The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֹרֶףchôreph · kho'-ref
H2779 · Hebrew
H2779 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age
- Derivation
- from H2778 (חָרַף);
- KJV renderings
- cold, winter (-house), youth.
- Grammar
- מֵ֭ — preposition
- חֹרֶף — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 7 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:22Job 29:4Psalms 74:17Jeremiah 36:22Amos 3:15
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 חֹרֶף 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.