Bible Verse Dictionary
Proverbs 16:16 - Chosen
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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How much | 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 |
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 it to get | H7069 | קָנָה |
[Verb] to {erect} that {is} create; by extension to {procure} especially by purchase (causatively sell); by implication to own |
wisdom | H2451 | חׇכְמָה |
[Noun Feminine] wisdom (in a good sense) |
than gold | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
and to get | H7069 | קָנָה |
[Verb] to {erect} that {is} create; by extension to {procure} especially by purchase (causatively sell); by implication to own |
understanding | H998 | בִּינָה |
[Noun Feminine] understanding |
rather to be chosen | H977 | בָּחַר |
[Verb] properly to {try} that {is} (by implication) select |
than silver | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.