Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 8:11 - Compared
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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For | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
wisdom | H2451 | חׇכְמָה |
[Noun Feminine] wisdom (in a good sense) |
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 rubies | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
and all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
the things that may be desired | H2656 | חֵפֶץ |
[Noun Masculine] pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind) |
are not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
to be compared | H7737 | שָׁוָה |
[Verb] properly to {level} that {is} equalize; figuratively to resemble; by implication to adjust (that {is} {counterbalance} be {suitable} {compose} {place} {yield} etc.) |
to it |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.