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Ecclesiastes 3

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1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • עֵתʻêthH625631× in this chapter

    time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

  • כֹּלkôlH360513× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • כִּיkîyH35889× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • אָדָםʼâdâmH1208× in this chapter

    ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4308× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • הוּאhûwʼH19317× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8347× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • אֵתʼêthH8537× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62136× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • רָאָהrâʼâhH72006× in this chapter

    to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

  • אַיִןʼayinH3695× in this chapter

    a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle

  • בֵּןbênH11214× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • טוֹבṭôwbH28964× in this chapter

    good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

  • בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhH9294× in this chapter

    properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

  • אֶחָדʼechâdH2593× in this chapter

    properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

  • לֵבlêbH38203× in this chapter

    the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

  • מָהmâhH41003× in this chapter

    properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

  • מִןminH44803× in this chapter

    properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

  • מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehH46393× in this chapter

    an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

  • מָקוֹםmâqôwmH47253× in this chapter

    properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

  • מִקְרֶהmiqrehH47453× in this chapter

    something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune

  • עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • רוּחַrûwachH73073× in this chapter

    wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

  • שָׁםshâmH80333× in this chapter

    there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

  • בָּקַשׁbâqashH12452× in this chapter

    to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

  • גַּםgamH15712× in this chapter

    properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

  • הֵםhêmH19922× in this chapter

    they (only used when emphatic)

  • זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • חָבַקchâbaqH22632× in this chapter

    to clasp (the hands or in embrace)

  • חֵפֶץchêphetsH26562× in this chapter

    pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)

  • כְּבָרkᵉbârH35282× in this chapter

    properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto

  • אֵלʼêlH4132× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • מָוֶתmâvethH41942× in this chapter

    death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

  • מִיmîyH43102× in this chapter

    who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

  • נָטַעnâṭaʻH51932× in this chapter

    properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)

  • נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5592× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57692× in this chapter

    properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

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