中文圣经
贤
xián
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How is 贤 read in the Chinese Bible?

贤 is read xián in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses across 5 books, first in Ruth 3:11. Common words: 贤能, 贤妻, 贤慧.

Occurrences
6
Verses
6
Books
5
First in
Ruth 3:11

Words it forms in the Bible

  • 贤xián× 3worthy or virtuous person
  • 贤能xián néng× 1sage
  • 贤妻xián qī× 1(old) perfect wife
  • 贤慧xián huì× 1(of a wife) wise and kind

Meaning: virtuous, worthy; good, able

In the text

  • Ruth 3:11

    女儿啊,现在不要惧怕,凡你所说的,我必照着行;我本城的人都知道你是个贤xián德的女子。

  • 2 Kings 10:3

    接了这信,就可以在你们主人的众子中选择一个贤xián能合宜的,使他坐他父亲的位,你们也可以为你们主人的家争战。」

  • Proverbs 18:22

    得着贤xián妻的,是得着好处, 也是蒙了耶和华的恩惠。

  • Proverbs 19:14

    房屋钱财是祖宗所遗留的; 惟有贤xián慧的妻是耶和华所赐的。

  • Zechariah 6:14

    这冠冕要归希连 、多比雅、耶大雅,和西番雅的儿子贤xián ,放在耶和华的殿里为记念。」

  • Acts 17:11

    这地方的人贤xián于帖撒罗尼迦的人,甘心领受这道,天天考查圣经,要晓得这道是与不是。

Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.

Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.

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