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Ecclesiastes

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The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
The Preacher "a collector (of sentences)," "a preacher," a son of David Noun H6953 קֹהֶ֔לֶת ko·he·let,
sought to seek Verb H1245 בִּקֵּ֣שׁ bik·kesh
to find to attain to, find Verb H4672 לִמְצֹ֖א lim·tzo
delightful delight, pleasure Noun H2656 חֵ֑פֶץ che·fetz;
words speech, word Noun H1697 דִּבְרֵי־ div·rei-
and to write to write Verb H3789 וְכָת֥וּב ve·cha·tuv
words speech, word Noun H1697 דִּבְרֵ֥י div·rei
of truth firmness, faithfulness, truth Noun H571 אֱמֶֽת׃ e·met.
correctly. straightness, uprightness Noun H3476 יֹ֖שֶׁר yo·sher

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New American Standard Bible 1995 The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.
King James Bible The Preacher preacher sought to find delightful words out acceptable words: and to write that which was written was upright, even words of truth correctly.truth.
Hebrew Greek English The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.