Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 4:6 - Better
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Better | H2896 | טוֹב |
[Adjective] good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a {noun} both in the masculine and the {feminine} the singular and the plural ({good } a good or good {thing} a good man or woman; the {good} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well) |
is an handful | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
with quietness | H5183 | נַחַת |
[Noun] a {descent} that {is} {imposition} unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food); also (intransitively; perhaps from {H5117 }) restfulness |
than both the hands | H2651 | חֹפֶן |
[Noun Masculine] a fist (only in the dual) |
full | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
with travail | H5999 | עָמָל |
[Noun] {toil} that {is} wearing effort; hence {worry} whether of body or mind |
and vexation | H7469 | רְעוּת |
[Noun Masculine] a feeding {upon} that {is} grasping after |
of spirit | H7307 | רוּחַ |
[Noun Feminine] wind; by resemblance {breath} that {is} a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively {life} anger: unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance {spirit} but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.