The Meaning of Proverbs 18:10 Explained

Proverbs 18:10

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

YLT: A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

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

ASV: The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 18:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 18

1  A fool delights not in understanding

What do the individual words in Proverbs 18:10 mean?

[is] a tower strong the name of Yahweh to it run the righteous and are safe
מִגְדַּל־ עֹ֭ז שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בּֽוֹ־ יָר֖וּץ צַדִּ֣יק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב

מִגְדַּל־  [is]  a  tower 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִגְדָּל  
Sense: tower.
עֹ֭ז  strong 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹז  
Sense: might, strength.
שֵׁ֣ם  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
יְהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
בּֽוֹ־  to  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
יָר֖וּץ  run 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רוּץ 
Sense: to run.
צַדִּ֣יק  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
וְנִשְׂגָּֽב  and  are  safe 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂגַב  
Sense: to be high, be inaccessibly high.