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Proverbs 25:20
“As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָדָהʻâdâh · aw-daw'
H5710 · Hebrew
H5710 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to advance, i.e. pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck (i.e. bring an ornament upon)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- adorn, deck (self), pass by, take away.
- Grammar
- מַ֥עֲדֶה — verb Hiphil, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 28:8Job 40:10Isaiah 61:10Jeremiah 4:30Jeremiah 31:4
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 עָדָה 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.