Yoter יוֹתֵר
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| יוֹתֵר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yoter |
| Strong's number | H3148 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | advantage |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ecclesiastes (7) |
Yoter (Hebrew יוֹתֵר, Strong's H3148) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “advantage”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) superiority, advantage, excess
adv
2) excess, better
conj
3) besides, moreover, more
adv
2) excess, better
conj
3) besides, moreover, more
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | more (3), better (1), profit (1), over (1), moreover (1), further (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | rest (1), more (1), gained (1), advantage (1), does that profit (1), it benefits (1), make yourself too (1), not only (1), further (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yoter, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 15:15And 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.Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
Esther
- Esther 6:6So 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?Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 2:15Then 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.So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 6:8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
- Ecclesiastes 6:11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
- Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 7:16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
- Ecclesiastes 12:9And 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.Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
- Ecclesiastes 12:12And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).