Ecclesiastes (ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstiːz) n (Bible) (functioning as singular) a book of the Old Testament, probably written about 250 bc [via Late Latin, from Greekekklēsiastēsmember of the assembly; see ecclesia] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 20...
"one who addresses an assembly," from qahal "assembly." The title is technically the… See origin and meaning of ecclesiastes.
Ecclesiastes 1-12 English Standard Version All Is Vanity 1 The words of the Preacher,[a] the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity[b] of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.3 What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?4 A...
queer in the atticEccentric or feebleminded; intoxicated. In this expression, attic carries its British slang meaning of ‘the mind’; thus, this colloquialism alludes to stupidity, insanity, or drunkenness, all of which may generate bizarre behavior. ...
The book of Ecclesiastes tackles one of our biggest questions: What is the meaning of life? Commonly considered the work of King Solomon, Ecclesiastes is a rich collection of profound insights that are at once poetic, philosophical, and practical. This Bible study examines...
"The Message of Ecclesiastes," Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 1 (1996): 88-94. However, there is one aspect of my argument about hebel that I would modify. Rather than taking hebel's core meaning in Ecclesiastes as "frustratingly enigmatic," it is prefer- able to take the word as I ...
加缪就认为缺乏来世和理性神圣的宇宙秩序就削弱了意义的可能性(Camus 1955;cf. Ecclesiastes). 另一个叔本华式的例子。人生不可能有意义,因为我们要么还没有得到我们所追求的东西而不满意,要么已经得到了而感到无聊。叔本华过于极端,因为确实有些人感到满足且不感无聊。 另一些虚无主义者认为,因为没有不变的道德准则...
Ecclesiastes 1:8 wearisome Ecclesiastes 1:13 Or afflicted Ecclesiastes 1:16 Lit. seen Ecclesiastes 2:1 gladness Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit. to draw my flesh Ecclesiastes 2:6 irrigate Ecclesiastes 2:7 Lit. sons of my house Ecclesiastes 2:8 Exact meaning unknown Ecclesiastes 2:9 Lit. increased Eccles...
This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 5 Ecclesiastes 5 Approaching God with Awe 1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. 2Do not be quick to speak...
In this commentary Tremper Longman III addresses this question by taking a canonical-Christocentric approach to the meaning of Ecclesiastes. Longman first provides an extensive introduction to Ecclesiastes, exploring such background matters as authorship, language, genre, structure, literary style, and ...