Proverbs 25:25
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
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Proverbs 25:25
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
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שְׁמוּעָה
shᵉmûwʻâh · shem-oo-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
something heard, i.e. an announcement
Strong's KJV usage: bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.
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As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
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news
NEWS, noun [ From new; This word has a plural form, but is almost always united with a verb in the singular.]
1. Recent account; fresh information of something that has lately taken place at a distance, or of something before unknown; tidings. We have news from Constantinople. news has just arrived. This news is favorable.
Evil news rides fast, while good news baits.
It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich.
2. A newspaper.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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