Proverbs 31:8

Hebrew
ESV
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.
NIV
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
NLT
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.
LXX
ἄνοιγε σὸν στόμα λόγῳplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigλόγος

Meaning

* A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son

Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω.

λόγος in Greek Thought

Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.…
θεοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς

greek

Masculine noun meaning:

* A god or goddess * God
καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί

greek

Meaning

* And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So

Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and”
κρῖνε πάνταςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπᾶς

greek

Meaning

* All * Every * The whole

Adjective.

Usage in the New Testament

The sense of πᾶς depends on whether it modifies a singular or plural noun, and whether that noun is countable or uncountable.

With singular countable nouns → "every" John 1:9John 3:16Romans 5:12Matthew 28:19Colossians 1:16Romans 3:23Romans 3:23John 3:16Colossians 1:17
ὑγιῶς
KJV
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Proverbs 31:7 ← Proverbs 31:8 → Proverbs 31:9

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