Strong's Lexicon A good name שֵׁ֖ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8034: 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument is better ט֥וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty than fine ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2896: adj 1) good, pleasant, agreeable 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses) 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature) 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) 1d) good, rich, valuable in estimation 1e) good, appropriate, becoming 1f) better (comparative) 1g) glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature) 1h) good understanding (of man's intellectual nature) 1i) good, kind, benign 1j) good, right (ethical) n m 2) a good thing, benefit, welfare 2a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 2b) good things (collective) 2c) good, benefit 2d) moral good n f 3) welfare, benefit, good things 3a) welfare, prosperity, happiness 3b) good things (collective) 3c) bounty perfume, מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן (miš·še·men) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8081: 1) fat, oil 1a) fat, fatness 1b) oil, olive oil 1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent 1b2) for anointing 1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph) and one’s day וְי֣וֹם (wə·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow of death הַמָּ֔וֶת (ham·mā·weṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4194: 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead 1a) death 1b) death by violence (as a penalty) 1c) state of death, place of death [is better] than his day מִיּ֖וֹם (mî·yō·wm) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow of birth. הִוָּלְדֽוֹ׃ (hiw·wā·lə·ḏōw) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree) Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleA good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth. Young's Literal Translation Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth. Holman Christian Standard Bible A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth. New American Standard Bible A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of [one's] death is better than the day of one's birth. King James Bible A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Parallel Verses New International Version A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. New Living Translation A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day you die is better than the day you are born. English Standard Version A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. New American Standard Bible A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. King James Bible A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Holman Christian Standard Bible A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one's death than the day of one's birth. International Standard Version A good name exceeds the value of fine perfume, and the day of someone's death exceeds the value of the day of his birth. NET Bible A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. American Standard Version A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. English Revised Version A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Young's Literal Translation Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth. Cross References Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Ecclesiastes 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Ecclesiastes 7:8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Song of Solomon 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. Jonah 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Ecclesiastes 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? Ecclesiastes 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 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