Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 3:17 - Work
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
in mine heart | H3820 | לֵב |
[Noun Masculine] the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the {feelings} the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything |
God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] 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 |
shall judge | H8199 | שָׁפַט |
[Verb] to {judge} that {is} pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate (literally or figuratively) |
the righteous | H6662 | צַדִּיק |
[Adjective] just |
and the wicked | H7563 | רָשָׁע |
[Adjective] morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
there | H8033 | שָׁם |
[Adverb] there (transfered to time) then; often {thither} or thence |
is a time | H6256 | עֵת |
[Noun Feminine] {time} especially (adverbially with preposition) {now} {when } etc. |
there | H8033 | שָׁם |
[Adverb] there (transfered to time) then; often {thither} or thence |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
every | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
purpose | H2656 | חֵפֶץ |
[Noun Masculine] pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind) |
and for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
every | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
work | H4639 | מַעֲשֶׂה |
[Noun Masculine] an action (good or bad); generally a transaction; abstractly activity; by implication a product (specifically a poem) or (generally) property |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.