ben sira

What does ben sira mean?

ben sira means "an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)".

What is another word for ben sira?

Close synonyms include Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ben sira a common word?

ben sira is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ben sira come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.