Strong's Lexicon So I became great וְגָדַ֣לְתִּי (wə·ḡā·ḏal·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1431: 1) to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to grow up 1a2) to become great 1a3) to be magnified 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to cause to grow 1b2) to make great, powerful 1b3) to magnify 1c) (Pual) to be brought up 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to make great 1d2) to magnify 1d3) to do great things 1e) (Hithpael) to magnify oneself and surpassed וְהוֹסַ֔פְתִּי (wə·hō·w·sap̄·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3254: 1) to add, increase, do again 1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to join, join oneself to 1b2) to be joined, be added to 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to add, increase 1c2) to do more, do again all מִכֹּ֛ל (mik·kōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything in Jerusalem בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (bî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem = 'teaching of peace' 1) the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split who had preceded me שֶׁהָיָ֥ה (še·hā·yāh) Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone לְפָנַ֖י (lə·p̄ā·nay) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of and אַ֥ף (’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 637: conj (denoting addition, esp of something greater) 1) also, yea, though, so much the more adv 2) furthermore, indeed my wisdom חָכְמָתִ֖י (ḥā·ḵə·mā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2451: 1) wisdom 1a) skill (in war) 1b) wisdom (in administration) 1c) shrewdness, wisdom 1d) wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs) 1e) wisdom (ethical and religious) remained with me. עָ֥מְדָה (‘ā·mə·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5975: 1) to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of 1a2) to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease 1a3) to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast 1a4) to make a stand, hold one's ground 1a5) to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright 1a6) to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against 1a7) to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to station, set 1b2) to cause to stand firm, maintain 1b3) to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect 1b4) to present (one) before (king) 1b5) to appoint, ordain, establish 1c) (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me. Young's Literal Translation And I became great, and increased above every one{.htm" title="{"> who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me. New American Standard Bible Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me. King James Bible So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Parallel Verses New International Version I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me. New Living Translation So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. English Standard Version So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. New American Standard Bible Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me. King James Bible So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me. International Standard Version So I became great, greater than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem. Throughout all of this, I remained wise. NET Bible So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity: American Standard Version So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. English Revised Version So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Young's Literal Translation And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me. Cross References 1 Chronicles 29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. Ecclesiastes 1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. Ecclesiastes 5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. Ecclesiastes 2:7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: Ecclesiastes 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: Ecclesiastes 2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Ecclesiastes 2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. Jump to Previous Far Great Greater Increased Increasing Jerusalem Preceded Stead Stood Surpassed WisdomJump to Next Far Great Greater Increased Increasing Jerusalem Preceded Stead Stood Surpassed WisdomLinks Ecclesiastes 2:9 NIVEcclesiastes 2:9 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:9 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:9 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:9 KJV Ecclesiastes 2:9 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:9 Parallel Ecclesiastes 2:9 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:9 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:9 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:9 German Bible Ecclesiastes 2:9 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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