Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:3

Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:3 - 5:3

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:3 - 5:3

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:8 - 5:8
5:9 - 5:9
5:10 - 5:10
5:13 - 5:13
5:14 - 5:14
5:16 - 5:16
5:18 - 5:18
5:20 - 5:20
5:21 - 5:21
5:22 - 5:22
5:23 - 5:23

a strange woman. Two words are used for "strange" and "stranger": one, Hebrew. zur, an apostate Israelite woman gone over to the idolatrous impurities of heathen religion; the other nakar, a purely foreign woman of a similar character. The danger is religious rather than moral. Hence here it is zur. See note on Pro_2:16.

drop as an honeycomb = distil honey. The invitations of religious idolatry suit the tastes of the natural man.