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    PROVERBS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)play

    Synonyms:

    Book of Proverbs; Proverbs

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Instance hypernyms:

    book (a major division of a long written composition)

    Holonyms ("Proverbs" is a part of...):

    Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

    Hagiographa; Ketubim; Writings (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)

    sapiential book; wisdom book; wisdom literature (any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom)

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