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Proverbs 5

Prov. 5:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And why wilt thou, my son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, be ravished
shagah (Hebrew #7686)
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
Pronounce: shaw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root
with a strange woman
zuwr (Hebrew #2114)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
KJV usage: (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-)strange(-r, thing, woman).
Pronounce: zoor
Origin: a primitive root
, and embrace
chabaq (Hebrew #2263)
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
KJV usage: embrace, fold.
Pronounce: khaw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
the bosom
cheyq (Hebrew #2436)
and chowq {khoke}; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
Pronounce: khake
Origin: or cheq {khake}
of a stranger
nokriy (Hebrew #5237)
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
KJV usage: alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
Pronounce: nok-ree'
Origin: from 5235 (second form)
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Bosom,
Stranger,
Woman

Cross References

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Prov. 2:16‑19• 16To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
 17who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
 18--for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
 19none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: (Prov. 2:16‑19)
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Prov. 6:24• 24to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. (Prov. 6:24)
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Prov. 7:5• 5that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words. (Prov. 7:5)
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Prov. 22:14• 14The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein. (Prov. 22:14)
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Prov. 23:27‑28,33• 27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
 28She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things; (Prov. 23:27‑28,33)
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1 Kings 11:1• 1But king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites; (1 Kings 11:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?