Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 7:10 - Concerning
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Say | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
not | H408 | אַל |
not (the qualified {negation} used as a deprecative); once ( |
thou What | H4100 | מָה |
properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses |
is | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
the cause that the former days | H7945 | שֶׁל |
used with prepositional {prefix} and often followed by some pronoun affixed; on account {of} what {soever} which soever |
were | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
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 these | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
thou dost not | H408 | אַל |
not (the qualified {negation} used as a deprecative); once ( |
enquire | H7592 | שָׁאַל |
[Verb] to inquire; by implication to request; by extension to demand |
wisely | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
concerning | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
this | H2088 | זֶה |
the masculine demonstrative {pronoun} this or that |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.