Proverbs 18:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִגְדַּל־עֹ֭ז שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בּֽוֹ־יָר֖וּץ צַדִּ֣יק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב׃

Transliteration

miḡdal-ʿōz šēm YHWH in-him-yārûṣ ṣaddîq and-niśgāḇ

Grammar Details

• *miḡdal*: noun, masculine singular construct - tower of
• *ʿōz*: noun, masculine singular - strength/might/power
• *šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *yārûṣ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - runs/rushes
• *ṣaddîq*: noun, masculine singular - righteous person
• *niśgāḇ*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is set on high/is safe

Word Meanings

• *miḡdal*: tower/stronghold/fortress
• *ʿōz*: strength/might/power/refuge
• *šēm*: name/reputation/character
• *yārûṣ*: runs/rushes/hastens
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous person/just one
• *niśgāḇ*: is set on high/is safe/is protected/is exalted

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 22:3 : 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
• Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
• Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say{H8799)} of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust{H8799)}.
• Ps 144:2 : 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
• Ps 61:3-4 : 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy{H8802)}. 4 I will abide{H8799)} in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust{H8799)} in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
• Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
• Ps 27:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• 2 Sam 22:45-47 : 45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. 47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
• 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
• Gen 32:28-29 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
• Gen 32:11 : 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
• 2 Sam 22:51 : 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
• Ps 56:3-4 : 3 What time I am afraid{H8799)}, I will trust{H8799)} in thee. 4 In God I will praise{H8762)} his word, in God I have put my trust{H8804)}; I will not fear{H8799)} what flesh can do{H8799)} unto me.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
• Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Exod 3:13-15 : 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
• Exod 6:3 : 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
• Hab 3:19 : 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
• Rev 1:8 : 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath set his love{H8804)} upon me, therefore will I deliver{H8762)} him: I will set him on high{H8762)}, because he hath known{H8804)} my name.