Ecclesiastes 1:1
What meaning of the ecclesiastes 1:1 in the Bible?
What does Ecclesiastes 1:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem."
What does Ecclesiastes 1:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem."
ECCLESIASTES OR, THE PREACHER -Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3027. -Year from the Flood of Noah, according to the common Hebrew text, 1371. -Year before the birth of Christ...
PREACHER - literally, Convener. No one English word represents the Hebrew קהלת _qôheleth_ adequately. Though capable, according to Hebrew usage, of being applied to men in office, it is strictly a fe...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS PART I. Chapter S 1-6 1. The Prologue and the Search Begun CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction and prologue (Ecclesiastes 1:1)_ 2. The seeker; his method and the results (Ecc...
ECCLESIASTES 1:1. See Introduction....
THE WORDS. Rashi says that, when this expression occurs at the beginning of. book, it shows that the book is meant for _reproof,_ and he gives evidence from Deuteronomy 1:1 (Compare Ecc 32:15). Amos 1...
_The words of the Preacher_ For the title of the Book and the meaning of the word translated "Preacher" (better, DEBATER, or, perhaps, as the Hebrew noun has no article, Koheleth, as a proper name, ca...
_THIS EARTHLY LIFE IS VAIN-- ECCLESIASTES 1:1-4:_ The Book of Ecclesiastes is the preacher's sermon. The book is one continued speech or sermon from Solomon. Solomon is called by several different nam...
THE WORDS OF THE PREACHER— Or, _orator._ Mr. Desvoeux has shewn with great learning, that Solomon in this book appears nearly in the character of an eminent _sophist_ among the Greeks, according to th...
INTRODUCTION: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 A. AUTHOR: SOLOMON, Ecclesiastes 1:1 TEXT 1:1 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 1:1 1. Name three distinctions...
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. THE PREACHER - and Convener of assemblies for the purpose. See my Preface. Qohelet (H6953) in Hebrew. It is the standing form for cal...
1:1 Preacher, (e-5) Strictly, 'a former of assemblies;' see for the sense, though not the same expression, ch. 12.11....
PREACHER] see Intro. §§ 1, 2....
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES THE AUTHOR The word ‘Ecclesiastes’ tells us about the author...
THE WORDS. — The Book of Nehemiah begins similarly; so do the prophecies of Jeremiah and Amos, and of Agur and Lemuel (Proverbs 30:31) THE PREACHER. — Rather, _convener_ (see Introduction). This word...
דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת בֶּן ־דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֖לֶךְ בִּ ירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃...
THE PROLOGUE In Which The Problem Of The Book Is Indirectly Stated Ecclesiastes 1:1 THE search for the _ summum bonum_, the quest of the Chief Good, is the theme of the book Ecclesiastes. Naturally...
THE TESTIMONY OF AN UNSATISFIED SOUL Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 _All is vanity_! This cry finds an echo in human hearts of every age and clime. Clod meant man to be happy. “These things,” said our Lord, “I...
The first verse of this chapter introduces us to the author of the Book. Taken in conjunction with verse Ecclesiastes 1:12, it leaves no room for doubt that he is Solomon. In stating his theme he empl...
The words of the (a) Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. The Argument - Solomon as a preacher and one that desired to instruct all in the way of salvation, describes the deceivable vanitie...
_Jerusalem. This clearly designates Solomon. See ver. 12., and chap. xii. 8._...
CONTENTS Under a great variety of evidences, taken from the circumstances of human life, and everything around, the Preacher fully proves the total inability of all the outward circumstances of natur...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...
THE WORDS OF THE PREACHER,.... Or the preacher's sermon. The whole book is one continued discourse, and an excellent one it is; consisting not of mere words, but of solid matter; of things of the grea...
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ver. 1. _The words._] Golden words, weighty, and worthy of all acceptation; grave and gracious apophthegms, or rather oracles, meet to...
_The words of the Preacher_ Or, _discourses._ The Hebrew word קהלת, here used, may either signify the person who assembles the people, or the person that addresses them when assembled. “We must not su...
The words of the Preacher, in the sense of one who, from the rich stock of his knowledge, gives wise and profitable instruction, the reference being to Solomon, THE SON OF DAVID, KING IN JERUSALEM, th...
“THE WORDS OF THE PREACHER, THE SON OF DAVID, KING IN JERUSALEM.” A definite message is in the mind of the writer and these are the words of the Preacher. Therefore I'm not comfortable with the view...
1-3 Much is to be learned by comparing one part of Scripture with another. We here behold Solomon returning from the broken and empty cisterns of the world, to the Fountain of living water; recording...
ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 1 All is vanity; our labour great and unprofitable, ECCLESIASTES 1:1 . The whole course of things is always going and returning, ECCLESIASTES 1:4 . Nothing in nature is satisfied...
Ecclesiastes 1:1 words H1697 Preacher H6953 son H1121 David H1732 king H4428 Jerusalem H3389 the Preacher - Ecclesiastes 1:12, Ecclesiastes 7:27, Ecclesiastes 12:8-10; Nehemiah 6:7; Psalms 40:9;...
CHAPTER 1 THE VAINNESS AND MEANINGLESSNESS OF LIFE. All Is Vanity (Ecclesiastes 1:1). Ecclesiastes 1:1 ‘The words of the preacher (Qoheleth - assembly leader), the son of David, king in Jerusalem.'...
Ecclesiastes 1:1 The book of Ecclesiastes is a dramatic biography, in which Solomon not only records, but re-enacts, the successive scenes of his search after happiness, a descriptive memoir, in whic...
CONTENTS: The doctrine of the vanity of the creature, and the impossibility of finding satisfaction without God. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: All things, considered as abstract from God, an...
Ecclesiastes 1:2. _Vanity of vanities._ This is the Hebrew form of the superlative degree of comparison; as, the heaven of heavens, the song of songs, &c. He adds, “vexation of spirit,” because his re...
_The words of the Preacher._ THE GREAT DEBATE This book has been called the sphinx of the Bible, a not unapt name, for the book is grave, majestic, mysterious. Whatever its meaning be, it contradict...
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CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 1:1. THE PREACHER.] The word properly signifies “The Assembler.” Solomon collected the people together for the purpose of addressing them as a public speaker. A difficul...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 1:1 THE TITLE. THE WORDS OF THE PREACHER, THE SON OF DAVID, KING IN JERUSALEM; Septuagint, "King of Israel in Jerusalem" (comp.Ecclesiastes 1:12). The word rendered "Preacher...
Book of Ecclesiastes begins, The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem (Ecclesiastes 1:1). So that identifies the author as Solomon. The Hebrew word that is translated preacher...
1 Kings 11:42; 1 Kings 11:43; 2 Chronicles 10:17; 2 Chronicles 9:30; 2 Peter 2:5; Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 12:8; Ecclesiastes 7:27; Isaiah 61:1;...
THE MAN UNDER THE SUN Ecclesiastes 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In order to introduce this study we can think of no better way than to go to our booklet on Ecclesiastes for a quotation. 1. ECCLESIASTES...
The preacher — Who was not only a king, but also a teacher of God's people: who having sinned grievously in the eyes of all the world, thought himself obliged to publish his repentance, and to give pu...
If this book is inspired, why isn’t it quoted in the NT? PROBLEM: The NT writers quote the vast majority of the OT from Genesis to Malachi. There are literally hundreds of citations from every major...