Strong's Lexicon

H3148

H3148 — יוֹתֵר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewyowtheradverbOccurrences: 8TWOT: 936d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3148
Word:יוֹתֵר
Part of Speech:adverb
Etymology:active participle of H3498
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:yowther
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yo-thare'
Meaning:1. (properly) redundant 2. (hence) over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction (as follows)
KJV Renderings:better, more(-over), over, profit.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3859

יוֺתֵר, יֹתֵר noun masculine superiority, advantage, excess (late) (properly

Qal participle of יתר) — absolute יוֺתֵר Eccl 7:16 + 2 t.; יֹתֵר Eccl 2:15 + 4 t.; — superiority, advantage מַהיּֿוֺתֵר לֶחָכָם מִןהַֿכְּסִיל Eccl 6:8 what advantage hath the wise over the fool? probably also יֹתֵר מֵהֵמָּה Eccl 12:12 (as to) what is more than these (see VB ); absolute מַהיֹּֿתֵר לָאָדָם Eccl 6:11 יֹתֵר לְרֹאֵי הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Eccl 7:11 elsewhere adverb to excess, overmuch Eccl 2:15; Eccl 7:16 followed by מִן (as often in Late Hebrew), יוֺתֵר מִמֶּנִּי Esth 6:6 more than me; ׳ יֹתֵר שֶׁ = besides that Eccl 12:9.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יותר (yoh-théhr’)

Esther 6:6

KJV: 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?whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth
EHCC: more than to myself?

Ecclesiastes 6:8

KJV: For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
EHCC: For what hath the wise more than the fool ?
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