a collection of proverbs
1PROVERBS, BOOK OF — (Heb. סֵפֶר מִשְׁלֵי, Sefer Mishlei), one of the three wisdom books of the Hagiographa, representing the affirmative and didactic element in wisdom (ḥokhmah), in contrast to the radical questioning of Job and Ecclesiastes. In its present form the …
2Proverbs — Book of Proverbs † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Proverbs One of the Sapiential writings of the Old Testament placed in the Hebrew Bible among the Hagiographa, and found in the Vulgate after the books of Psalms and Job. I. NAMES …
3Proverbs — Prov|erbs a book of the ↑Old Testament of the Bible consisting of a collection of ↑proverbs which people believe were written by King ↑Solomon …
4Proverbs of Alfred — (ca. 1150–1180) The Proverbs of Alfred are a collection of 35 early MIDDLE ENGLISH maxims compiled in a 600 line poem and attributed, imaginatively, to King ALFRED THE GREAT. The poem survives in three 13thcentury manuscripts, but appears to… …
5PROVERBS, TALMUDIC — The Talmud abounds in proverbs of all kinds. Important sources are the tractates Avot, Avot de Rabbi Nathan, Derekh Ereẓ Rabbah, and Derekh Ereẓ Zuta, and numbers of proverbs occur together in several smaller collections (BK 92a–b; Bek. 17a; et… …
6Proverbs, The — ▪ Old Testament also called The Book Of Proverbs, an Old Testament book of “wisdom” writing found in the third section of the Jewish canon, known as the Ketuvim, or Writings. The book s superscription, “The proverbs of Solomon. . . ,” is… …
7Proverbs, Book of — A collection of moral and philosophical maxims of a wide range of subjects presented in a poetic form. This book sets forth the philosophy of practical life. It is the sign to us that the Bible does not despise common sense and discretion. It… …
8PROVERBS, BOOK OF — a book of the Hebrew Scriptures, full of the teachings of wisdom bearing on the conduct of life, and though ascribed to Solomon, obviously not all of his composition, or even collection, and probably ascribed to him because of his fondness for …
9Proverbs — noun plural but singular in construction a collection of moral sayings and counsels forming a book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see bible table …
10Proverbs — noun A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection or moral maxims. See Also: Prov …
