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Proverbs in German

Proverbs in German is Sprüche — Proverbs means a book of the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament made up of short sayings offering practical and moral wisdom.

Proverbs in German

Sprüche
proper noun
A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.

What does "Proverbs" mean?

  1. name A book of the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament made up of short sayings offering practical and moral wisdom.
    "The sermon quoted a line from the Book of Proverbs."
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Proverbs in a sentence

  • The sermon quoted a line from the Book of Proverbs.
  • 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.

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What is "Proverbs" in German?
"Proverbs" in German is Sprüche. Proverbs means: A book of the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament made up of short sayings offering practical and moral wisdom.
How do you use "Proverbs" in a sentence?
Example: "The sermon quoted a line from the Book of Proverbs." In German, "Proverbs" is Sprüche.
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