Meanings
proverbs1
- pluralplural of proverb
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of proverb
Proverbs2
singular Proverb · alternative Prov.
- plural normallyA book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.
Erman’s remark (1924) that a decent wisdom book was destroyed when it was absorbed into the book of Proverbs coheres well with the scholarly consensus that Proverbs is a clumsy accretion of ill-digested material.
2008, Peter T.H. Hatton, “Unity and Diversity in Proverbs”, in Contradiction in the Book of Proverbs: The Deep Waters of Counsel (Society for Old Testament Study Series), Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 471 more example
The Proverbs are an excellent springboard for broad-ranging Bible study. If you study Solomon’s pearls of wisdom, you will find the Spirit of God leading you (by chain references or quiet remembrance) all over the Old and New Testaments for confirming, clarifying examples.
2005, Greg Hinnant, “May I Recommend the Proverbs?”, in Precious Pearls from the Proverbs, Creation House, →ISBN, page 6
Translations
Afrikaans Spreuke
- Spreukebook of the Bible
Ancient Greek Παροιμίαι
- Παροιμίαι (Paroimíai)book of the Bible
Arabic اَلْأَمْثَال
- اَلْأَمْثَال (al-ʔamṯāl)book of the Bible
Basque Esaera Zaharrak
- Esaera Zaharrakbook of the Bible
Bengali প্রবচন
- প্রবচন (probocon)book of the Bible
Catalan Proverbis
- Proverbisbook of the Bible
Chinese Cantonese 箴言
- 箴言 (zam¹ jin⁴)book of the Bible
Chinese Mandarin 箴言
- 箴言 (Zhēnyán)book of the Bible
Czech Přísloví
- Příslovíbook of the Bible
Danish Ordsprogene
- Ordsprogenebook of the Bible
Dutch Spreuken
- Spreukenbook of the Bible
Estonian Õpetussõnad
- Õpetussõnadbook of the Bible
Finnish Sananlaskut
- Sananlaskutbook of the Bible
French Proverbes
- Proverbesbook of the Bible
German Sprüche
- Sprüchebook of the Bible
Greek Παροιμίες
- Παροιμίες (Paroimíes)book of the Bible
Hawaiian Solomona, Nā ʻŌlelo Akamai A Solomona
- Solomonabook of the Bible
- Nā ʻŌlelo Akamai A Solomonabook of the Bible
Hindi नीतिवचन
- नीतिवचन (nītivcan)book of the Bible
Hungarian A példabeszédek könyve
- A példabeszédek könyvebook of the Bible
Icelandic Orðskviðirnir
- Orðskviðirnirbook of the Bible
Indonesian Amsal
- Amsalbook of the Bible
Irish Leabhar na Seanfhocal, Seanfhocail
- Leabhar na Seanfhocalbook of the Bible
- Seanfhocailbook of the Bible
Italian Proverbi
- Proverbibook of the Bible
Japanese 箴言
- 箴言 (Shingen)book of the Bible
Korean 잠언
- 잠언 (Jameon)book of the Bible
Latin Proverbia
- Proverbiabook of the Bible
Latvian Pamācības
- Pamācībasbook of the Bible
Lithuanian Patarlių knyga
- Patarlių knygabook of the Bible
Malay Amsal
- Amsalbook of the Bible
Māori Ngā Whakataukī
- Ngā Whakataukībook of the Bible
Norwegian Salomos Ordtøke, Ordspråkene
- Salomos Ordtøkebook of the Bible
- Ordspråkenebook of the Bible
Persian امثال
- امثالbook of the Bible
Polish Księga Przysłów
- Księga Przysłówbook of the Bible
Portuguese Provérbios
- Provérbiosbook of the Bible
Punjabi ਕਹਾਉਤਾਂ
- ਕਹਾਉਤਾਂ (kahāutā̃)book of the Bible
Romanian Proverbe
- Proverbebook of the Bible
Russian Кни́га При́тчей Соломо́новых, При́тчи
- Кни́га При́тчей Соломо́новых (Kníga Prítčej Solomónovyx)book of the Bible
- При́тчи (Prítči)book of the Bible
Scottish Gaelic Gnàth-fhacail
- Gnàth-fhacailbook of the Bible
Slovak Príslovia
- Prísloviabook of the Bible
Spanish Proverbios
- Proverbiosbook of the Bible
Swahili Mithali
- Mithalibook of the Bible
Swedish Ordspråksboken
- Ordspråksbokenbook of the Bible
Tagalog Kawikaan, Mga Kawikaan
- Kawikaanbook of the Bible
- Mga Kawikaanbook of the Bible
Tamil நீதிமொழிகள்
- நீதிமொழிகள் (nītimoḻikaḷ)book of the Bible
Thai สุภาษิต
- สุภาษิต (sù-paa-sìt)book of the Bible
Turkish Süleyman'ın Özdeyişleri
- Süleyman'ın Özdeyişleribook of the Bible
Urdu امثال
- امثالbook of the Bible
Welsh Diarhebion
- Diarhebionbook of the Bible
Cite this entry
proverbs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proverbs
“proverbs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proverbs. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proverbs,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proverbs.
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