Ecclesiastes

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n. (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Eccles. or Ec

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[Late Latin Ecclsiasts, from Greek Ekklsiasts, preacher (translation of Hebrew qhelet), from ekklsiasts, a member of the ecclesia, from ekklsi, ecclesia; see ecclesia.]

Ecclesiastes [ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstiːz]

(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (functioning as singular) a book of the Old Testament, probably written about 250 bc

[via Late Latin, from Greek ekklēsiastēs member of the assembly; see ecclesia]

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Noun

Ecclesiastes - an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC

Book of Ecclesiastes

Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible

Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures

sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature - any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom

Translations

Ecclesiastes [ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstiːz] N (Bible) the Book of Ecclesiastes → el Libro de Eclesiastés

Ecclesiastes

n → (der Prediger) Salomo m

Ecclesiastes [ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstiːz] n → Ecclesiaste m

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Ben Sira Bible Book of Ecclesiastes Book of Proverbs Canticle of Canticles Canticles Eccles. Ecclesiasticus Hagiographa Ketubim Koheleth laughter Megillah Old Testament preacher sapiential book Sirach Song of Solomon Song of Songs	And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago, "That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context The truest of all men was the Man of Sorrows, and the truest of all books is Solomon's, and Ecclesiastes is the fine hammered steel of woe. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context The Bible itself was not much known to me at an age when most children have been obliged to read it several times over; the gospels were indeed familiar, and they have always been to me the supreme human story; but the rest of the New Testament I had not read when a man grown, and only passages of the Old Testament, like the story of the Creation, and the story of Joseph, and the poems of Job and Ecclesiastes, with occasional Psalms. My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context	Eccentric anomaly Eccentric chuck Eccentric gear Eccentric hook eccentric hoop eccentric person Eccentric rod Eccentric sheave Eccentric strap Eccentrical eccentrically eccentricity Ecchymose ecchymosis Ecchymotic eccl. Eccle Eccles Eccles cake Eccles. ecclesia Ecclesial ecclesiarch ecclesiarchy Ecclesiast Ecclesiastes ecclesiastic ecclesiastical ecclesiastical attire ecclesiastical benefice ecclesiastical calendar Ecclesiastical Commissioners Ecclesiastical commissioners for England Ecclesiastical courts ecclesiastical law ecclesiastical mode Ecclesiastical modes ecclesiastical province ecclesiastical robe Ecclesiastical States Ecclesiastically ecclesiasticism Ecclesiasticus ecclesioclasticism ecclesiography ecclesiolatry Ecclesiological Ecclesiologist ecclesiology ecclesiophobia Ecclestone	Eccles (disambiguation) Eccles cake Eccles cakes Eccles, John Carew Eccles, Marriner Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles, Sir John Carew Eccles, W H Eccles-Jordan circuit Eccles-Jordan multivibrator Eccles. Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association Ecclesfield School Virtual Community ecclesia ecclesia ecclesia Ecclesia Catholica Ecclesia Catholica Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica Hermetica Ecclesia Universal ecclesiae ecclesiae ecclesiae Ecclesial Ecclesiarch ecclesiarchs Ecclesiarchy Ecclesiast Ecclesiastes ecclesiastic ecclesiastic ecclesiastic Ecclesiastic parish Ecclesiastic parish Ecclesiastic parish ecclesiastical ecclesiastical ecclesiastical ecclesiastical attire ecclesiastical benefice ecclesiastical benefice ecclesiastical benefice ecclesiastical calendar Ecclesiastical Commissioners Ecclesiastical commissioners for England Ecclesiastical Council for the Restoration of Covenant Israel Ecclesiastical court Ecclesiastical court Ecclesiastical courts Ecclesiastical courts Ecclesiastical Deed Poll Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Commission Ecclesiastical Feasts Ecclesiastical Feasts Ecclesiastical government Ecclesiastical government Ecclesiastical government Ecclesiastical governnment Ecclesiastical governnment

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And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago, "That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context

The truest of all men was the Man of Sorrows, and the truest of all books is Solomon's, and Ecclesiastes is the fine hammered steel of woe.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

The Bible itself was not much known to me at an age when most children have been obliged to read it several times over; the gospels were indeed familiar, and they have always been to me the supreme human story; but the rest of the New Testament I had not read when a man grown, and only passages of the Old Testament, like the story of the Creation, and the story of Joseph, and the poems of Job and Ecclesiastes, with occasional Psalms.

My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context

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