6953. Qoheleth

Lexicon

Qoheleth: Teacher, Preacher, or Assembler

Original Word: קֹהֶלֶת
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qoheleth
Pronunciation: ko-HEH-leth
Phonetic Spelling: (ko-heh'-leth)
KJV: preacher
NASB: Preacher
Word Origin: [feminine of active participle from H6950 (קָהַל - assembled)]

1. a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

preacher

Feminine of active participle from qahal; a (female) assembler (i.e. Lecturer): abstractly, preaching (used as a "nom de plume", Koheleth) -- preacher.

see HEBREW qahal

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as qahal
Definition
"a collector (of sentences)," "a preacher," a son of David
NASB Translation
Preacher (7).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

קֹהֶ֫לֶת, ( קוֺהֶ֫לֶת Ecclesiastes 12:8) noun masculine^{Ecclesiastes 1:2} collector (of sentences), or (AV RV) preacher (concionator Jerome: ἐκκλησιαστής ᵐ5 (member of an ἐκκλησία); feminine either of office, Ges^{§ 122r} De Now Che, compare סֹפֶרֶת Ezra 2:55; , Khalif; German Majestät, Excellenz; or as in Arabic with intensive force, one realizing the idea in its completeness (compare great collector, deep investigator (formed like קֹהֶלֶת), W^{AG i. § 233 R. c.} see Dr^{Intr. 466}; RVm great orator): hence either convener, or great collector (of sentences), compare בַּעֲלֵי אֲסֻמּוֺת Ecclesiastes 12:11, למעא דברי חפץ ׳בקּשׁ ק Ecclesiastes 12:10 (but Kö^{Einl. 428} Dr^l.c. and others speaker in assembly, Plumptre debater)); — ׳ק a king in Jerusalem, son of David, probably = Solomon, the pseudonym of book of Ecclesiastes: Ecclesiastes 1:1, Ecclesiastes 1:2 (apposition of אֲנִי), called חכם Ecclesiastes 12:9; compare Ecclesiastes 12:10; ׳אמר ק Ecclesiastes 1:2, ׳אמר הק Ecclesiastes 12:8 = Ecclesiastes 7:27 for ᵑ0 ׳אמרה ק.

Forms and Transliterations

הַקּוֹהֶ֖לֶת הקוהלת קֹהֶ֑לֶת קֹהֶ֔לֶת קֹהֶ֖לֶת קֹהֶ֗לֶת קֹהֶ֣לֶת קהלת hakkoHelet haq·qō·w·he·leṯ haqqōwheleṯ koHelet qō·he·leṯ qōheleṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Ecclesiastes 1:1
HEB: דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת בֶּן־ דָּוִ֔ד
NAS: The words of the Preacher, the son
KJV: The words of the Preacher, the son
INT: the words of the Preacher the son of David

Ecclesiastes 1:2
HEB: הֲבָלִים֙ אָמַ֣ר קֹהֶ֔לֶת הֲבֵ֥ל הֲבָלִ֖ים
NAS: says the Preacher, Vanity
KJV: saith the Preacher, vanity
INT: of vanities says the Preacher Vanity of vanities

Ecclesiastes 1:12
HEB: אֲנִ֣י קֹהֶ֗לֶת הָיִ֥יתִי מֶ֛לֶךְ
NAS: I, the Preacher, have been king
KJV: I the Preacher was king over Israel
INT: I the Preacher have been king

Ecclesiastes 7:27
HEB: מָצָ֔אתִי אָמְרָ֖ה קֹהֶ֑לֶת אַחַ֥ת לְאַחַ֖ת
NAS: says the Preacher, [adding] one
KJV: saith the preacher, [counting] one
INT: have discovered says the Preacher one thing

Ecclesiastes 12:8
HEB: הֲבָלִ֛ים אָמַ֥ר הַקּוֹהֶ֖לֶת הַכֹּ֥ל הָֽבֶל׃
NAS: says the Preacher, all
KJV: saith the preacher; all [is] vanity.
INT: of vanities says the Preacher all is vanity

Ecclesiastes 12:9
HEB: וְיֹתֵ֕ר שֶׁהָיָ֥ה קֹהֶ֖לֶת חָכָ֑ם ע֗וֹד
NAS: a wise man, the Preacher also
KJV: And moreover, because the preacher was wise,
INT: addition to being the Preacher A wise also

Ecclesiastes 12:10
HEB: בִּקֵּ֣שׁ קֹהֶ֔לֶת לִמְצֹ֖א דִּבְרֵי־
NAS: The Preacher sought to find
KJV: The preacher sought to find out
INT: sought the Preacher to find words

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6953
7 Occurrences

haq·qō·w·he·leṯ — 1 Occ.
qō·he·leṯ — 6 Occ.