Bountifulness, Bounty
Bountifulness, Bounty
bounti-fool-nes, bounti (, haplotes, singleness, benevolence, 2Co 9:11 the King James Version; , tobh, to be good (Pro 22:9); , euloga, good speech, blessing (2Co 9:6); , gamal, to treat well (Psa 119:17); , shoa, to be liberal (Isa 32:5); , yadh, hand, power): Paul speaks of the church at Corinth being enriched in everything unto all liberality (the King James Version bountifulness, 2Co 9:11). The offering of the church at Corinth for the Christians of Judea is termed a bounty, a blessing, liberally given: and not of extortion (the King James Version of covetousness, 2Co 9:5, 2Co 9:6). The word occurs also in 1Ki 10:13 : Besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty, literally according to the hand of King Solomon.