The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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קֹהֶלֶת
H6953 · qôheleth · ko-heh'-leth · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth)
KJV usage
preacher.
KJV renderings in this mapping
Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).
Mapped occurrences
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.