H4195 מוֹתָר

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences

מוֹתָר

môwthâr · mo-thar'

Definition

literally gain; figuratively, superiority

KJV Renderings

plenteousness, preeminence, profit.

Derivation / Etymology

from H3498 (יָתַר);

KJV Verses (3)

Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Ecclesiastes 3:19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.