Sufficiency
דַּיStrong’s H1767day
Appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Day is the Hebrew word usually translated “as often as”, “sufficiency of” and “sufficiency their”. It appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.”
Meaning
- Sufficiency, enoughenough · for, according to the abundance of, out of the abundance of, as often as
How it's translated
- as often as 13
- sufficiency of 5
- for sufficiency of 5
- sufficiency their 3
- according to sufficiency of 2
- sufficiency 2
- more than sufficiency of 1
- according to abundance of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 5
- Leviticus 4
- 1 Samuel 3
- Isaiah 3
- Exodus 2
- Deuteronomy 2
19 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 36:5And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
- Exodus 36:7For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
- Leviticus 5:7And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 12:8And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
- Leviticus 25:26And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
- Leviticus 25:28But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
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Hebrew dictionary
דַּי day · sufficiency
1) sufficiency, enough 1a) enough 1b) for, according to the abundance of, out of the abundance of, as often as
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sufficiency” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUFFI'CIENCY, noun
The state of being adequate to the end proposed.
- Qualification for any purpose.
- Competence; adequate substance or means.
- Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
- Ability; adequate power.“Our sufficiency is of God” 2 Corinthians 3:5
All definitions
- Conceit; self-confidence. [See Self-sufficiency.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.