Strong’s H6443 · Hebrew
פָּנִין
pânîyn · paw-neen'
Origin or פָּנִי; from the same as פֵּן (H6434);
Meaning probably a pearl (as round)
In the King James Version ruby.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Job 28:18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
- Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
- Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
- Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- Proverbs 31:10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
- Lamentations 4:7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.