Proverbs 5 (WEB)

God

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LORD, Lord, Father, hosts, Almighty, Holy, GOD, Saviour, last, JEHOVAH, Judge, father, lawgiver, Fathers, dayspring, host, Ancient
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Yahweh, the Personal Name of God

Word Study | Israel Loken • Hershel Wayne House
יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh ·Strong's H3068

Strictly speaking, the only personal name of God belonging to Him alone, and the most significant name of God found in the Old Testament (over 5000 times).  Yahweh is the approximate (and likely) pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, the four-letter word YHWH.  When Moses asked what His name was to take back to the Hebrews in Egypt, God replied, “I AM THAT I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה ehyeh esher ehyeh): and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה, ehyeh, 1st person singular, giving God's declaration of His name) has sent me to you” (Exod 3:14).  Thus God revealed to Moses the very essential meaning of His name as Yahweh (יְהוָ֞ה, Yahweh, 3rd person singular, the response of the people of God, He is).  There is a strong indication that Jesus (or Yeshua, Yahweh is salvation) used this name and its divine implication to apply to himself when he said, “Before Abraham was, I AM” (ἐγὼ εἰμί, egō eimi) (John 8:58).  Thus, the very Person who spoke to Moses out of the burning bush was the very same Person who addressed the startled Jews in the Gospel of John.

For a more complete discussion of the personal name of God, see the passage in Exodus in which He reveals His name to Moses, Exodus 3:14, 15.

A Name of God (אֱלֹהִים; 'elohim)

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House
אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym ·Strong's H430

This is a generic name for the divine being. In the Hebrew Bible, the word is regularly used in the plural in reference to the God of Israel but in regard to His majesty or intensity. The plural has a third person singular with the God of Israel, but a third plural with foreign deities.

Abba, Father

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House • Steve Stanley
Ἀββᾶ Abbâ ·Strong's G5

This Aramaic term is used only three times in the NT and approximately 80 times in the writings of the early church fathers when quoting or paraphrasing Jesus’ words. It is translated by the very next word in this verse as ὁ πατήρ (ho pater) “the Father,” as it is in all three NT uses. Jesus spoke in Aramaic, and Hebrew, both languages being used in Israel. In Jesus’ day, abba was used for the father in the family, and was a customary title for God in prayer among the Jews. It was eventually taken over by Greek-speaking Christians as a liturgical formula. Some posit that abba is equivalent to “daddy,” an American English term for “father.” This assumes that the American informality expressed by children toward their father would have an analogy in Jesus’ culture, an assumption difficult to sustain. It is, therefore, not appropriate to refer to God as “daddy.” Linguistically, then, abba means "father" in Hebrew, Greek and English. It must be noted, however, that while “father” is a term of respect in biblical literature, it is also a term of affection, very deep and abiding affection. With His use of “Abba,” Jesus expresses His respectful and intimate relationship with His Heavenly Father in prayer, a wonderful example for all believers.

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Proverbs 5 (WEB)

1My son, pay attention to my wisdom.

Turn your ear to my understanding,

2that you may maintain discretion,

that your lips may preserve knowledge.

3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey.

Her mouth is smoother than oil,

4but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood,

and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

5Her feet go down to death.

Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

6She gives no thought to the way of life.

Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me.

Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.

8Remove your way far from her.

Don’t come near the door of her house,

9lest you give your honor to others,

and your years to the cruel one;

10lest strangers feast on your wealth,

and your labors enrich another man’s house.

11You will groan at your latter end,

when your flesh and your body are consumed,

12and say, “How I have hated instruction,

and my heart despised reproof.

13I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers,

nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

14I have come to the brink of utter ruin,

among the gathered assembly.”

15Drink water out of your own cistern,

running water out of your own well.

16Should your springs overflow in the streets,

streams of water in the public squares?

17Let them be for yourself alone,

not for strangers with you.

18Let your spring be blessed.

Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19A loving doe and a graceful deer—

let her breasts satisfy you at all times.

Be captivated always with her love.

20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress?

Why embrace the bosom of another?

21For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes.

He examines all his paths.

22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him.

The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

23He will die for lack of instruction.

In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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