A SEASON. an appointed time. Hebrew. _zrman._ Compare Ezra 10:14.Nehemiah 2:6; Esther 9:27. A word is not necessarily. "later" word, because there has not been occasion for it to be used, or needed before. See App-76. A TIME. a season. Note the 28 "seasons" (= 4x7. See App-10.) In Hebrew Manuscript... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BE BORN. to bear. Genesis 17:17; Genesis 17:21; Genesis 18:14; Genesis 21:2. TO DIE. Psalms 31:5; Psalms 31:15.Hebrews 9:27. TO PLANT (Compare Ecclesiastes 2:5): it is beyond man's power to alter the seasons. Applied to. kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO KILL: i.e. Jud 1 Kings 2:23; 1 Kings 2:24 1 Kings 2:28, 1 Kings 2:29; 1 Kings 2:34. 1Ki 2:36, 1 Kings 2:37; 1 Kings 2:46. Psa 88:31, Psa 88:34.Jeremiah 12:8. Out of its proper "time", "to kill" is to murder. There is no "time" for this. TO HEAL.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO WEEP. Genesis 23:2. Gen 44:30. 2 Samuel 12:21.Joel 2:17; Jeremiah 21:9; Luke 6:25. TO LAUGH (Compare Ecclesiastes 2:1; Ecclesiastes 2:2). Genesis 21:6; Psalms 2:4;... [ Continue Reading ]
TO CAST AWAY STONES: as out of. vineyard. Isaiah 5:2.Leviticus 14:40; Leviticus 14:45 Judges 20:16; 1 Kings 15:22.Lamentations 4:1. TO GATHER STONES TOGETHER (Compare Ecclesiastes 2:4). Deuteronomy 27:4;... [ Continue Reading ]
TO GET. to buy, or acquire (Compare Ecclesiastes 2:8). Genesis 42:2; Genesis 42:7; Genesis 42:20. Rth 4:5. 2 Samuel 24:21.Isaiah 55:1.Jeremiah 32:7; Ephesians 4:28. TO LOSE. Genesis 31:39;... [ Continue Reading ]
TO REND. 1 Samuel 15:27; 1 Samuel 15:28. 1Ki 11:11, 1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 12:31; 1 Kings 14:8; Joel 2:13. Joh 19:24. TO SEW. to join together, adjust. Spoken of kingdom, as "rending" is: Ezekiel 37:15; Ezekiel 37:22, and references there. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
TO LOVE. Jeremiah 2:2.Ezekiel 16:8; Daniel 1:9; Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:3. TO HATE. 2 Samuel 13:15.Psalms 105:25.Proverbs 25:17;... [ Continue Reading ]
LABOURETH. toileth.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEN THE TRAVAIL. considered the business. TRAVAIL. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS TIME. its proper season. SET. put. THE WORLD. Hebrew. _'olam_. the ages; or the world (in relation to time). Here, put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject) for that which is inscrutable by man, viz. obscurity as to the past and the future ages, resulting in man's incapacity for finding... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THEM: i.e. in God's works. IN. during.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER. Same word as "world "in Ecclesiastes 3:11. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:1. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. INIQUITY. Same word as "wickedness" above. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'_ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Compare Ecclesiastes 3:11, and note on Ecclesiastes 1:11. GOD MIGHT MANIFEST THEM. God hath chosen them to show them that even they are beasts. BEASTS. living creatures. As opposed to man. mammals: as opposed to creeping things. quadrupeds: as opposed to wild beasts. cattle.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WHICH BEFALLETH. See note on "event", Ecclesiastes 2:14. and App-76. ONE THING: i.e. death. ONE BREATH. one spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Compare Genesis 2:7 with Genesis 1:20; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:24; Genesis 1:30. and App-13. NO PREEMINENCE, &C. Compare Psalms 49:12;... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE PLACE: i.e. _Sheol,_ or the grave. OF THE DUST. See Genesis 1:24; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 2:19; Genesis 3:19. TURN TO DUST AGAIN. See Genesis 3:19; Psalms 22:15; Psalms 104:29; Psalms 146:4.Job 10:9;... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. OF MAN. Hebrew "of the sons of Adam". See notes on verses: Ecclesiastes 3:3; Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 1:13. THAT GOETH, &C. This is mentioned as one of the emendations of the _Sopherim,_ though it is not included in the official lists (see A... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24. Compare Ecclesiastes 11:9. PORTION. share, as in Ecclesiastes 2:10, i.e. in the present life.... [ Continue Reading ]