1 Kings 10:23

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For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.	So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.	And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So king^H4428 Solomon^H8010 exceeded^H1431 all the kings^H4428 of the earth^H776 for riches^H6239 and for wisdom^H2451.

Original Hebrew

וַיִּגְדַּל הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה מִכֹּל מַלְכֵי הָאָרֶץ לְעֹשֶׁר וּלְחָכְמָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּגְדַּל֙	va/i.yig.Dal	H1431	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he became great
הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	H8010	HNp	Solomon
מִ/כֹּ֖ל	mi./Kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	more than/ all
מַלְכֵ֣י	mal.Khei	H4428	HNcmpc	(the) kings of
הָ/אָ֑רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
לְ/עֹ֖שֶׁר	le./'O.sher	H6239	HR/Ncmsa	to/ wealth
וּ/לְ/חָכְמָֽה	u./le./cha.khe.Mah	H2451	HC/R/Ncfsa	and/ to/ wisdom

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
H1431 — גָּדַל (gâdal, gaw-dal'): a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare גְּדִל), i.e.; to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride); advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, [phrase] things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
H6239 — עֹשֶׁר (ʻôsher, o'-sher): from עָשַׁר; wealth; [idiom] far (richer), riches.
H8010 — שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh, shel-o-mo'): from שָׁלוֹם; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor; Solomon.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

exceeded — 1 Kings 3:12-13, 1 Kings 4:29-34, 2 Chronicles 9:22-23, Psalms 89:27, Ephesians 3:8, Colossians 1:18-19, Colossians 2:2-3

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