יוֹתֵר
yoter · more, besides
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3148 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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yoter (יוֹתֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “more, besides”.
More, over and above: what exceeds something else. "More than me".
How to say it
yo·ter
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What is left over or gained beyond what is needed.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- more ×4
- besides ×2
- overly ×2
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Esther 6:6
So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”
- Ecclesiastes 2:15
And I said in my heart, “As the fate of the senseless, so it will befall me too; and why then have I been overly wise?” And I said in my heart that this too was vapor.
- Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what more has the wise man than the senseless? What has the afflicted one who knows how to walk before the living?
- Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many words that increase vapor; what more is there for the human being?
- Ecclesiastes 7:11
Good is wisdom with an inheritance, and it gives more to those who see the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 7:16
Do not be righteous overmuch, and do not act overly wise; why should you ruin yourself?
- Ecclesiastes 12:9
And besides that Qohelet was wise, he also taught the people knowledge, and he weighed and searched out; he arranged many proverbs.
- Ecclesiastes 12:12
And besides these, my son, be warned: of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.