1 Kings 4:32
Strong's Lexicon
Solomon composed
וַיְדַבֵּ֕ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

three
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: 1) three, triad 1a) 3, 300, third

thousand
אֲלָפִ֖ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm)
Number - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 505: 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

proverbs,
מָשָׁ֑ל (mā·šāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4912: 1) proverb, parable 1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism 1b) byword 1c) similitude, parable 1d) poem 1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims

and his songs
שִׁיר֖וֹ (šî·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7892: n m 1) song 1a) lyric song 1b) religious song 1c) song of Levitical choirs n f 2) song 2a) song, ode

numbered
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

a thousand
וָאָֽלֶף׃ (wā·’ā·lep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 505: 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

and five.
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (ḥă·miš·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: 1) five 1a) five (cardinal number) 1b) a multiple of five (with another number) 1c) fifth (ordinal number)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

Young's Literal Translation
And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs [are] five, and the chief one;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Solomon composed 3,000 proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005 .

New American Standard Bible
He also spoke 3000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005

King James Bible
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

New Living Translation
He composed some 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs.

English Standard Version
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

New American Standard Bible
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

King James Bible
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Solomon composed 3,000 proverbs, and his songs numbered 1,005.

International Standard Version
Solomon wrote 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

NET Bible
He composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

American Standard Version
And he spake three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

English Revised Version
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

Young's Literal Translation
And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs are five, and the chief one;
















Cross References
1 Kings 4:33
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 25:1
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Ecclesiastes 12:9
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Song of Solomon 1:1
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

1 Kings 1:1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1 Kings 4:31
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

1 Kings 4:30
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kings 4:29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
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