1) superiority, advantage, excess adv 2) excess, better conj 3) besides, moreover, more
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H3148 — יוֹתֵר
yo.ter · advantage · Hebrew/Aramaic
9 tagged verse occurrences
1 Samuel 15:15 · הַיּוֹתֵ֖רAnd 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 Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.Esther 6:6 · יוֹתֵ֥רSo Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?Ecclesiastes 2:15 · יוֹתֵ֑רThen said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 6:8 · יּוֹתֵ֥רFor what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?Ecclesiastes 6:11 · יֹּתֵ֖רSeeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?Ecclesiastes 7:11 · וְיֹתֵ֖רWisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.Ecclesiastes 7:16 · יוֹתֵ֑רBe not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?Ecclesiastes 12:9 · וְיֹתֵ֕רAnd further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.Ecclesiastes 12:12 · וְיֹתֵ֥רAnd furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.