Proverbs 17:1 — Word Study
WLCט֤וֹב פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה־ בָ֑הּ מִ֝בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א זִבְחֵי־ רִֽיב׃
BSABetterṭôwb [more desirable, pleasing] a drychârêb [barren, without nourishment] morselpath [small piece of food, bite of bread] in quietnessshalvâh [peace, rest, ease] than a housebayith [dwelling place, family home] full ofmâlêʼ [abundant, filled to capacity] feastingzebach [sacrifices, abundant food] with striferîyb [quarreling, discord, conflict]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| ט֤וֹב | [is] good | Adj |
| פַּ֣ת | a morsel | Noun common, feminine singular absolute |
| חֲ֭רֵבָה | dry | Adj |
| וְשַׁלְוָה־ | and quietness | Conjunction, noun common feminine singular absolute |
| בָ֑הּ | with it | Preposition, suffix |
| מִ֝בַּ֗יִת | more than a house | Preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| מָלֵ֥א | full | Adj |
| זִבְחֵי־ | sacrifices of | Noun common, masculine plural construct |
| רִֽיב׃ | strife | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. |
| KJV | Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. |
| ASV | Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. |
| YLT | Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. |
| WEB | Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. |
| BBE | Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour. |
Where they part company is טוֹב — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence contrasts two scenarios, emphasizing the value of peace over abundance.
8 commentators on this verse
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Every word here is used elsewhere in the Old Testament.
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Deep Study — Proverbs 17:1
Sections marked generated are written from the data on this page rather than by a named author. Everything else — the lexicon entries, the cross references, the manuscript readings, the counts — is quoted from its source unchanged.
Context — Wisdom in Proverbsgenerated
Proverbs 17:1 presents a contrast between having little in a peaceful environment versus having much amidst conflict. This wisdom literature often emphasizes the importance of character and relationships over material wealth, as seen in the surrounding verses that discuss the nature of wisdom and the consequences of one's actions.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proverbs 15:17 | Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred. |
| 2 | Psalm 37:16 | Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked. |
| 3 | Proverbs 7:14 | “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows. |
| 4 | Proverbs 21:9–19 | Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 4 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — טוֹב, Tovgenerated
The Hebrew word טוֹב (tov) means good or pleasant, and it encompasses a wide range of meanings from agreeable to ethical goodness. It serves as an adjective in this verse, describing the dry morsel as more desirable than a house full of feasting.
This word's use here highlights the idea that true goodness is found in peace and contentment, rather than in abundance that brings strife. The Septuagint translates it as κρείσσων, which conveys a sense of being better or more excellent.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
The translations agree on the essence of the proverb, emphasizing the preference for a dry morsel in quietness over a house full of feasting with strife.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main clause is structured around the verb טוֹב, is good, which serves as the predicate. The sentence contrasts two scenarios: the first part describes a dry morsel in quietness, while the second part describes a house full of feasting with strife.
The Hebrew word order places emphasis on the comparison, highlighting the value of peace over abundance. The structure clearly contrasts the two states, making the moral lesson evident.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint uses the word κρείσσων to translate טוֹב, indicating a focus on what is better or more excellent. This choice emphasizes the comparative nature of the statement.
While the Hebrew emphasizes the condition of the morsel and the environment of quietness, the Greek translation captures the overall superiority of the first scenario.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Proverbs 17:1 teaches that it is better to have a little food in peace than to have a lot of food with conflict. This wisdom shows that a quiet life is more valuable than a life filled with arguments, even if it seems more abundant.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
A dry morsel refers to a small piece of food that is lacking in richness or variety, symbolizing simplicity and modesty.
Quietness represents peace and tranquility, which are seen as more desirable than the chaos that can accompany abundance and conflict.
Strife indicates discord and conflict, suggesting that even a lavish lifestyle can be undesirable if it is accompanied by arguments and disputes.
This verse aligns with other teachings in Proverbs that emphasize the value of peace, wisdom, and the moral implications of one's choices.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what areas of my life do I prioritize abundance over peace?
- How can I cultivate a sense of quietness and contentment in my daily life?
- What are some practical ways to reduce conflict in my relationships?
- How does this proverb challenge my understanding of success and fulfillment?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers like Ambrose and Bede reflect on this verse, discussing the importance of moderation and the moral implications of abundance versus simplicity.
The Scriptures teach us not to be wasteful but liberal. There are two kinds of free giving, one arising from liberality, the other from wasteful extravagance.Early Church Fathers on Proverbs 17 →
Better is a dry morsel with joy, etc. It is better to do small good deeds with charity without the knowledge of preaching, that is, to have a dry morsel, than to shine with great virtues mixed with discord.Early Church Fathers on Proverbs 17 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Proverbs 17:1 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleBetter [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,.... A small quantity of bread; a broken piece of bread, as the word (w) signifies; which has been long broken off, and become "dry" (x); a dry crust
Read John Gill on Proverbs 17 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryBetter is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. Better is a dry morsel - without butter or oil (Leviticus 7:10).
Read Robert Jamieson on Proverbs 17 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleCHAPTER 17 Of sacrifices; of the remainders of sacrifices, of which they used to make feasts; of which See Poole "". Or, of slain beasts, as that word is used, , and elsewhere.
Read Matthew Poole on Proverbs 17 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsProverbs 17:1 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.Ver. 1. Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith.] Though there be not so much as a little vinegar to dip in. The Hebrew word properly signifies a morsel of bread, as Rabbi Elias tells us. So, then, better is a crust of coarse bread without any other dainties or dishes - never so little, with love and peace - than a houseful of sacrifices; that is, of good cheer, usual at offering up of sacrifices. And hereunto Saint James seems to allude in Proverbs 5:5.
Read John Trapp on Proverbs 17 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXVII. (1) A house full of sacrifices.—Possibly the same as the “peace offerings” of Proverbs 7:14 (where see note). The consumption of these may have at times degenerated into licence (comp. 1 Samuel 1:13), and quarrelling have ensued.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Proverbs 17 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleCHAPTER XVII Contentment. The wise servant. The Lord tries the heart. Children a crown to their parents. We should hide our neighbour's faults. The poor should not be despised. Litigations and quarrels to be avoided. Wealth is useless to a fool. The good friend. A fool may pass for a wise man when he holds his peace. NOTES ON CHAP. XVII Verse 1. Better is a dry morsel] Peace and contentment, and especially domestic peace, are beyond all other blessings. A house full of sacrifices] A Hindoo priest, who officiates at a festival, sometimes receives so many offerings that his house is filled with them, so that many of them are damaged before they can be used.-Ward.
Read AdamClarke on Proverbs 17 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1. sacrifices with strife] Lit. sacrifices of strife, but better rendered, good cheer with strife, A.V. marg.; or, feasting with strife, R.V. text. This rendering, however, may be arrived at in either of two ways, (1) We may suppose that the ordinance of feasting on part of a sacrifice Leviticus 7:16; Leviticus 19:6-8) appealed so to the popular mind, that the restriction to “the place which the Lord their God should choose” (Deuteronomy 12:4-14) came to be neglected, and as is too commonly the case, with Christmas, for example, in our own day, the word which should have denoted a religious act before God, sank down to mean a mere worldly feast at home. (2) But it may be doubted whether the…
Read Cambridge on Proverbs 17 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleSacrifices - The feast accompanied the offerings Proverbs 7:14. Part of the victims were burned upon the altar, the rest was consumed by the worshipper and his friends.
Read Albert Barnes on Proverbs 17 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Tyndale line
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than an house full of feasting with strife.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Strictly literal
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting [with] strife.
Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, || Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
Better is a piece of dry bread, and quiet therewith, than a house full of the sacrifices of contention.
It is better to have quiet with a dry morsel of bread than a house full of feasting with strife.
From the Latin
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
Simplified
Better to eat a dry scrap in peace than to feast in a house full of people arguing.
Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text presents the verse as it stands, while the Septuagint matches 6 of the 9 words, indicating a close relationship between the two texts, though the Greek version may reflect different stylistic choices.
ט֤וֹב פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה־ בָ֑הּ מִ֝בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א זִבְחֵי־ רִֽיב׃
6 of the 9 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Proverbs 17:1
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
טוֹב (tov) is a Hebrew word meaning good or pleasant, encompassing a wide range of meanings from agreeable to the senses to ethical goodness. It can function as an adjective, noun, or adverb, referring to things like welfare, happiness, and prosperity. The feminine form, טוֹבָה (tovah), specifically denotes welfare or good things.
טוֹב adj. pleasant, agreeable, good
pleasant, agreeable to the senses
pleasant to the higher nature, giving pleasure, happiness, prosperity, and so agreeable, pleasing, well
good, excellent, of its kind
good, rich, valuable in estimation
good, appropriate, becoming
c. מִן compar. = better
of man's sensuous nature, glad, happy, prosperous
of man's intellectual nature, good understanding
good, kind, benign
good (ethical), right
base
טוֹב n.m. a good thing, benefit, welfare
welfare, prosperity, happiness
good things
good = benefit
moral good
base
טוֹבָה n.f. welfare, benefit, good things, good
welfare, prosperity, happiness
good things
bounty, good
base
H2896a טוֹב pleasant, agreeable, good . pleasant, agreeable to the senses
. pleasant to the higher nature, giving pleasure, happiness, prosperity, and so agreeable, pleasing, well
. good, excellent, of its kind
. good, rich, valuable in estimation
. good, appropriate, becoming
. c. מִן compar. =better
. of man's sensuous nature, glad, happy, prosperous
. of man's intellectual nature, good understanding
. good, kind, benign
. good (ethical), right
H2896b טוֹב a good thing, benefit, welfare H2896c טוֹבָה welfare, benefit, good things, good
2896 towb tobe
from 2895; 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):--beautiful, best, better,
bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour,
fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s),
graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving,
merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious,
prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well
((-favoured)).
see HEBREW for 02895
טוֹב (tov) — pleasant.
adj
1) good, pleasant, agreeable
1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)
1b) pleasant (to the higher nature)
1c) good, excellent (of its kind)
1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation
1e) good, appropriate, becoming
1f) better (comparative)
1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)
1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)
1i) good, kind, benign
1j) good, right (ethical)
Aramaic equivalent: tav (טָב "fine" H2869)
טוֹב (tov) — good.
1) a good thing, benefit, welfare
1a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
1b) good things (collective)
1c) good, benefit
1d) moral good
טוֹבָה (to.vah) — welfare.
1) welfare, benefit, good things
1a) welfare, prosperity, happiness
1b) good things (collective)
1c) bounty
Adj — AdjHAamsa
good (Tobh, Tubh, yaTabh; agathos, agathon, kalos, kalon): In English "good" is used in various senses, most of which are represented in the Bible.
(1) In the Old Testament the commonest word is Tobh, occurring very frequently and translated in a great variety of ways. Of the different shades of meaning, which frequently run into each other, the following may be distinguished:
(a) Possessing desirable qualities, beneficial, agreeable, e.g. "good for food" (Ge 2:9); "We will do thee good" (Nu 10:29); Who will show us any good?" (Ps 4:6); "good tidings of good" (Isa 52:7).
פַּת (pat) refers to a fragment or morsel, particularly of bread. It encompasses meanings like bit and piece, and is related to the variant פָּתוֹת (patot), which shares similar definitions. The term appears in contexts such as Ezekiel 13:19.
ref
H6595a פַּת fragment, bit, morsel of bread H6595b פָּתוֹת id. [6595a]
6595 path path
from 6626; a bit:--meat, morsel, piece.
see HEBREW for 06626
פַּת (pat) — morsel.
fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece
Also means: pa.tot (פָּתוֹת "morsel" H6595B)
פָּתוֹת (pa.tot) — morsel.
fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece
Another spelling of pat (פַּת "morsel" H6595A)
N-fs — Noun common · feminine singular absoluteHNcfsa
mor'-sel (brosis): Found only in Heb 12:16 the King James Version, "For one morsel of meat (the Revised Version (British and American) "mess of meat") sold his birthright," literally, "for one eating," i.e. one meal. The Great Bible (Cranmer's) has "for one mease of meat."
חָרֵב (chareb) is an adjective meaning 'dry' or 'desolate.' It is built from the root associated with parched or ruined states. The entries consistently highlight its meanings of being dry and waste or desolate, with no significant disagreement noted among the lexicons.
[חָרֵב] adj. dry
base
חָרֵב adj. waste, desolate
base
H2720a חָרֵב dry H2720b חָרֵב waste, desolate
2720 chareb khaw-rabe'
from 2717; parched or ruined:--desolate, dry, waste.
see HEBREW for 02717
חָרֵב (cha.rev) — dry.
dry
חָרֵב (cha.rev) — desolate.
waste, desolate
Adj — AdjHAafsa
The Hebrew word שַׁלְוָה (*shalvah*) is built from the root שָׁלַו (*shalav*), meaning to be at ease. It encompasses meanings such as quietness, ease, and prosperity. The entries collectively highlight its association with both genuine and false security.
שַׁלְוָה n.f. quietness, ease
base
H7962 שַׁלְוָה quietness, ease
7962 shalvah shal-vaw'
from 7951; security (genuine or false):--abundance,
peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness.
see HEBREW for 07951
שַׁלְוָה (shal.vah) — ease.
quietness, ease, prosperity
Aramaic equivalent: she.le.vah (שְׁלֵוָה "ease" H7963)
Conj | N-fs — Conjunction · noun common feminine singular absoluteHC/Ncfsa
הָ (ha) — her.
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person feminine singular
HR/Sp3fs — Preposition · suffixHR/Sp3fs
The Hebrew word בַּיִת (*bayith*) means 'house' and encompasses a wide range of meanings, including dwelling, family, and place. It can refer to physical structures, such as homes and temples, as well as metaphorical uses like the body or household affairs. The word is built from the root related to 'between' and appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament.
בֵּית fem. of בַּיִן, בֵּין prep. between
base
בַּ֫יִת 2034 n.m. house
house
place
receptacle
of house as containing a family
household, family (592 t.)
house, including household affairs
lit. housewards, hence metaph. inwards
מִבַּיִת
adv. on the inside
prep. within
base
H1004a בֵּית fem. of בַּיִן, בֵּין prep. between H1004b בַּ֫יִת house
1004 bayith bah'-yith
probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest
variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court,
daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as
would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold),
inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet,
temple, web, + within(-out).
see HEBREW for 01129
בֵּית (bet) — place.
nm
place, origin, between
בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) — house: home.
: home/temple/building
nm
1) house
1a) house, dwelling habitation
1b) shelter or abode of animals
1c) human bodies (fig.)
1d) of Sheol
1e) of abode of light and darkness
1f) of land of Ephraim
2) place
3) receptacle
4) home, house as containing a family
5) household, family
5a) those belonging to the same household
5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body
6) household affairs
7) inwards (metaph.)
8) (TWOT) temple
adv
9) on the inside
prep
10) within
בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) — Beth-(ashbea).
nm
This name is used for a house, habitation
Combined with ash.be.a (אַשְׁבֵּעַ "Ashbea" H0791)
בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) — Beth (Haggan).
nm
This name is used for a house, habitation
Combined with hag (גַּן "Haggan" H1588)
בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) — Beth-(togarmah).
nm
This name is used for a house, habitation
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHR/Ncmsa
hous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally "an estate," oikia, oikema (literally, "habitation"), in Ac 12:1, "prison"):
I. CAVE DWELLINGS
II. STONE-BUILT AND MUD/BRICK-BUILT HOUSES
1. Details of Plan and Construction
(1) Corner-Stone
(2) Floor
(3) Gutter
(4) Door
(5) Hinge
(6) Lock and Key
(7) Threshold
(8) Hearth
(9) Window
(10) Roof
2. Houses of More than One Story
(1) Upper Chambers and Stairs
(2) Palaces and Castles
3. Internal Appearance
III. OTHER MEANINGS
LITERATURE
I. Cave Dwellings.
The earliest permanent habitations of the prehistoric inhabitants of Palestine were the natural caves which abound throughout the country. As the people increased and grouped themselves into communities, these abodes were supplemented by systems of artificial caves which, in some cases, developed into extensive burrowings of many adjoining compartments, having…
House
Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were builders of cities. The Hebrews after the Conquest took possession of the captured cities, and seem to have followed the methods of building that had been pursued by the Canaanites. Reference is made to the stone (1 Kings 7:9; Isa. 9:10) and marble (1 Chr. 29:2) used in building, and to the internal wood-work of the houses (
The houses of the rural poor in Egypt, as well as in most parts of Syria, Arabia and Persia, are generally mere huts of mud or sunburnt bricks. In some parts of Palestine and Arabia stone is used, and in certain districts caves in the rocks are used as dwellings. (Amos 5:11) The houses are usually of one story only, viz., the ground floor, and often contain only one apartment. Sometimes a small court for the cattle is attached; and in some cases the cattle are housed in the same building, or the live in a raised platform, and, the cattle round them on the ground. (1 Samuel 28:24) The windows are small apertures high up in the walls, sometimes grated with wood. The roofs are commonly but not always flat, and are usually formed of plaster of mud and straw laid upon boughs or…
Is often put for dwelling, residence; and hence the temple, and even the tabernacle, are called the house of God.
The universal mode of building houses in the East, is in the form of a hollow square, with an open court or yard in the center; which is thus entirely shut in by the walls of the house around it. Into this court all the windows open, there being usually no windows towards the street. Some houses of large size require several courts, and these usually communicate with each other. These courts are commonly paved; and in many large houses parts of them are planted with shrubs and trees, Ps 84:3 128:3; they have also, when possible, a fountain in them, often with a jet d’ eau, 2Sa 17:18. It is customary in many houses to extend an awning over the whole court in hot…
מָלֵא (male') means 'full' and can refer to fullness in both literal and figurative senses. It encompasses concepts of filling and completeness, and can also be used adverbially. The word is derived from a root meaning to fill, and it appears in contexts related to abundance or multitude.
H4392 מָלֵא full
4392 male' maw-lay'
from 4390; full (literally or figuratively) or filling
(literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially,
fully:--X she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with),
full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
see HEBREW for 04390
מָלֵא (ma.le) — full.
1) full, fulness, that which fills
1a) fully (adv)
Adj — AdjHAamsa
זֶ֫בַח (zebach) means 'sacrifice' and is derived from a root meaning 'to slaughter.' It encompasses various types of sacrifices, including those for feasts, covenant sacrifices, and thank offerings. The term appears in contexts related to both the God of Israel and other deities, indicating its broad use in ritual practices.
זֶ֫בַח 162 n.m. sacrifice
general name for all sacrifices eaten at feasts
of the God of Israel
of other deities
there are several kinds which are gradually distinguished
the covenant sacrifice, between Jacob and Laban
the passover
annual sacrifice
thank offering
in ritual of H & P
the slaughter of hostile nations
the verb used
base
H2077 זֶ֫בַח sacrifice
2077 zebach zeh'-bakh
from 2076; properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an
animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the
act):--offer(- ing), sacrifice.
see HEBREW for 02076
זֶ֫בַח (ze.vach) — sacrifice.
1) sacrifice
1a) sacrifices of righteousness
1b) sacrifices of strife
1c) sacrifices to dead things
1d) the covenant sacrifice
1e) the passover
1f) annual sacrifice
1g) thank offering
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural constructHNcmpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
רִיב (riyb) refers to strife or dispute, encompassing personal or legal contests. It can denote adversarial situations, chiding, or legal cases. The entries consistently highlight its meanings related to conflict, such as quarrels and controversies, without significant disagreement among the lexicons.
רִיב 62 n.m. strife, dispute
base
H7379 רִיב strife, dispute
7379 riyb reeb
or rib {reeb}; from 7378; a contest (personal or legal):--+
adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy,
multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing),
suit.
see HEBREW for 07378
רִיב (riv) — strife.
1) strife, controversy, dispute
1a) strife, quarrel
1b) dispute, controversy, case at law
N-cs — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
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