Word

קֹהֶלֶת

qôheleth · H6953 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

Qoheleth or Preacher

A man who was the author of the biblical book of the same name (Ecclesiastes), the name being of uncertain meaning

Examples
Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher, “Futility of futilities! All is futility.”
Ecclesiastes 1:12 I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 3 groups

בֵּןson 1
מֶלֶךְking 1
אֲנִיI 1

What it doesIt is the subject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

אָמַרto say 3
בָּקַשׁto seek, to search, to look for 1
הָיָהto be, to become 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Names of People003001007: This is the title "Preacher" or "Teacher," borne by the speaker who identifies himself as king in Jerusalem and the son of David (Ecclesiastes 1:1, 1:12, 7:27, 12:8).

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָהַל qâhal · H6950 · to gather together, to assemble, to gather · 39×קָהָל qâhâl · H6951 · assembly, congregation, company · 123×קֹהֶלֶתqôheleth · H6953מַקְהֵל maqhêl · H4721 · assembly · 2×קְהִלָּה qᵉhillâh · H6952 · assembly, congregation, company · 2×קָלַהּ qâlahh · H7035 · gather together · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6953. Qoheleth קֹהֶ֫לֶת, ( קוֺהֶ֫לֶת Ecc 12:8) noun masculineEcc 1:2 collector (of…

H6953. Qoheleth
קֹהֶ֫לֶת, ( קוֺהֶ֫לֶת Ecc 12:8) noun masculineEcc 1:2 collector (of sentences), or (AV RV) preacher (concionator Jerome: ἐκκλησιαστής ᵐ5 (member of an ἐκκλησία); feminine either of office, Ges§ 122r De Now Che, compare סֹפֶרֶת Ezr 2:55; , Khalif; German Majestät, Excellenz; or as in Arabic with intensive force, one realizing the idea in its completeness (compare great collector, deep investigator (formed like קֹהֶלֶת), WAG i. § 233 R. c. see DrIntr. 466; RVm great orator): hence either convener, or great collector (of sentences), compare אֲסֻמּוֺת בַּעֲלֵי Ecc 12:11, ק ׳בקּשׁ חפץ דברי למעא Ecc 12:10 (but KöEinl. 428 Drl.c. and others speaker in assembly, Plumptre debater)); — ׳ק a king in Jerusalem, son of David, probably = Solomon, the pseudonym of book of Ecclesiastes: Ecc 1:1, Ecc 1:2 (apposition of אֲנִי), called חכם Ecc 12:9; compare Ecc 12:10; ק ׳אמר Ecc 1:2, הק ׳אמר Ecc 12:8 = Ecc 7:27 for ק ׳אמרה ᵑ0.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Names of People7 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0