< >
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 4:11 - How
Ecclesiastes 4:11 - Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Again | H1571 | גַּם |
[Adverb] properly assemblage; used only adverbially {also} even: {yea} though; often repeated as correlation both ... and |
| if | H518 | אִם |
used very widely as {demonstrative} lo !; {interrogitive} whether ?; or {conditional} if: although; also Oh {that !} when; hence as a {negative} not |
| two | H8147 | שְׁנַיִם |
[Noun] the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
| lie together | H7901 | שָׁכַב |
[Verb] to lie down (for {rest} sexual {connection} decease or any other purpose) |
| then they have heat | H2552 | חָמַם |
[Verb] to be hot (literally or figuratively) |
| but how | H349 | אֵיךְ |
how ? or how !; also where |
| can one | H259 | אֶחָד |
[Adjective] properly {united} that {is} one; or (as an ordinal) first |
| be warm | H3179 | יָחַם |
[Verb] Probably to be hot; figuratively to conceive |
| alone |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.