Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 7:8 - 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 the end | H319 | אַחֲרִית |
[Noun Feminine] the last or {end} hence the future; also posterity |
of a thing | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
than the beginning | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
thereof and the patient | H750 | אָרֵךְ |
[Adjective] long |
in 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) |
is 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) |
than the proud | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
in 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.