H3148: יוֹתֵר
yôwthêr · pronounced yo-thare' · “advantage”
Definition
properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction
KJV translates it as: better, more(-over), over, profit.
Word origin: active participle of H3498 (יָתַר);
Extended definition
adv
2) excess, better
conj
3) besides, moreover, more
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3148 is translated
- excess ×3
- advantage ×2
- rest ×1
- excessively ×1
- is an advantage ×1
- besides ×1
Bible verses with H3148 (yôwthêr)
Yôwthêr appears in 9 verses.
- 1 Samuel 15:15
And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
- Esther 6:6
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
- Ecclesiastes 2:15
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
- Ecclesiastes 6:11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
- Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 7:16
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
- Ecclesiastes 12:9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
- Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.