Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
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Pondereth
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Proverbs 24:12
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
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תָּכַן
tâkan · taw-kan'
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test)
Strong's KJV usage: bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
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Strong's first: Proverbs 21:2Strong's last: Proverbs 24:12
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pâlaç · paw-las'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
Strong's KJV usage: make, ponder, weigh.
Strong's first: Proverbs 5:21Strong's last: Proverbs 5:21
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
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If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
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ponder
PON'DER, verb transitive [Latin pondero, from pondo, pondus, a pound; pendeo, pendo, to weigh.]
1. To weigh in the mind; to consider and compare the circumstances or consequences of an event, or the importance of the reasons for or against a decision.
Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19.
2. To view with deliberation; to examine.
Ponder the path of thy feet. Proverbs 4:26.
The Lord pondereth the hearts. Proverbs 21:2.
To ponder on, is sometimes used, but is not be to countenanced.
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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