Ecclesiastes

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Ec·cle·si·as·tes

(ĭ-klē′zē-ăs′tēz′)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

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[Late Latin Ecclēsiastēs, from Greek Ekklēsiastēs, preacher (translation of Hebrew qōhelet), from ekklēsiastēs, a member of the ecclesia, from ekklēsiā, ecclesia; see ecclesia.]

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Ecclesiastes

(ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstiːz)

(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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Ec•cle•si•as•tes

(ɪˌkli ziˈæs tiz)

n.

a book of the Bible, containing thoughts about life and its meaning.

[< Late Latin < Greek ekklēsiastḗs person addressing an assembly, derivative of ekklēsí(a) 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

Kazatel

Εκκλησιαστής

Qoelet

Prediker

Pridigar

Ecclesiastes

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

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Ecclesiastes

n → (der Prediger) Salomo m

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Ecclesiastes

[ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstiːz] n → Ecclesiaste m

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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?" two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer

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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.

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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.

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I wondered what Wolf Larsen could get from it, and he read aloud to me from Ecclesiastes. I could imagine he was speaking the thoughts of his own mind as he read to me, and his voice, reverberating deeply and mournfully in the confined cabin, charmed and held me.

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This article surveyed three issues: the rabbinic understanding of the dispute as to whether Esther, Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes defile the hands; how that issue is resolved in Jewish law; and a possible rationale for the unique status of these three books.

Defilement of the hands, canonization of the Bible, and the special status of Esther, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs

As the Holy Bible says, "No man has power over the wind to contain it; no one has power over the day of his death."(Ecclesiastes 8:8) But while this may be so, what we do here before that "unexpected" time has a great impact on or life hereafter.

A chasing after the wind

Today being Sunday, we quote below Ecclesiastes 3 (New International Version) that President Duterte said he reads everyday:

Who'll give in first in CBCP-Du30 tiff?

On the other hand, the authors of Job and Ecclesiastes present us with a big "Oh yeah?" As Addison Wright observes in his classic New Jerome Biblical Commentary article on Ecclesiastes, "Qoheleth's quarrel is with any theology that ignores experience and thereby tends to become unreal.

Imitating Christ

(6.) Robert Gordis, Koheleth, the Man and His World: A Study of Ecclesiastes (third ed.; New York: Schocken, 1968) p.

Ecclesiastes Part I: authorship

Duterte also mentioned anew his favorite book of Ecclesiastes about of a time for everything, and urged the public to read and understand the Bible verses too.

Duterte maintains he's a 'deeply religious man' despite quarrels with church

[] 2 Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:16 [] 17 Psalms 113:1-114:8

Bible Readings

At the same rally, Duterte acknowledged there would come a time for him to "go down," citing passages from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes. "I never tasted a defeat.