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Proverbs 13:11

“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

הוֹןhôwn · hone
H1952 · Hebrew

Definition: wealth; by implication, enough
Derivation: from the same as H1951 (הוּן) in the sense of H202 (אוֹן);
KJV renderings: enough, [phrase] for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Grammar: ה֭וֹן — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HNcmsa
Usage: Occurs 26 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 44:13 Psalms 112:3 Psalms 119:14 Proverbs 1:13 Proverbs 3:9

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.