Strong's Lexicon

H3504

H3504 — יִתרוֹן

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

Hebrewyithrownnoun mascOccurrences: 10TWOT: 936f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3504
Word:יִתרוֹן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H3498
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:10
Transliteration:yithrown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yith-rone'
Meaning:1. preeminence, gain
KJV Renderings:better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3861

יִתְרוֺן noun [masculine] advantage, profit, only Ecclesiastes; — absolute Eccl 1:3 + 4 t.; construct Eccl 2:13 + 4 t.; — advantage to (ל) any one, מַהיִֿתְרוֺן לָאָדָם Eccl 1:3, i.e. what advantage hath a man ? Eccl 5:15; Eccl 10:11 followed by מִן comparative = advantage beyond, more than Eccl 2:13 (twice in verse); construct יִתְרוֺן הָעוֺשֶׂה Eccl 3:9 advantage of (for) him that worketh; יִתְרוֺן אֶדֶץ Eccl 5:8 יִתְרוֺן דַּעַת Eccl 7:12 advantage of knowledge; וְיִתְרוֺן הַכְשֵׁיר חָכְמָה Eccl 10:10 an advantage for giving success is wisdom; absolute אֵין יִתְרוֺן תַּחַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Eccl 2:11.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יתרון (yith-rohn’)

Concordance entry

EHCC: What profit hath a man .3 :| fee was) no profit under the sun. 2 Then 1 saw that wisdom ezcelleth (marg. .13 there is an ezcellency in wisdom) as far as light excelleth (lit. as much as the — excellency of light above darkness) What profit hath he that worketh .9 :3 Moreover the rapt of the earth is for .)9(8 :5 what profit fet he that hath laboured .)16(15 , but the excellency of knowledge ,1:12 but wisdom (is) proyitable to direct. .10:10 land a babbler is no better. 1) כבד
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