Lexicon :: Strong's H6953 - qōheleṯ

קֹהֶלֶת
Transliteration
qōheleṯ
Pronunciation
ko-heh'-leth
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Fem. of act part from קָהַל (H6950)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1991c

Strong’s Definitions

קֹהֶלֶת qôheleth, ko-heh'-leth; feminine of active participle from H6950; a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth):—preacher.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H6953 in the following manner: preacher (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H6953 in the following manner: preacher (7x).
  1. collector (of sentences), preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Qoheleth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֹהֶלֶת qôheleth, ko-heh'-leth; feminine of active participle from H6950; a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth):—preacher.
STRONGS H6953: Abbreviations
קֹהֶ֫לֶת, († קוֺהֶ֫לֶת Ecclesiastes 12:8) noun masculineEcclesiastes 1:2 collector (of sentences), or (AV RV) preacher (concionator Jerome: ἐκκλησιαστής (member of an ἐκκλησία); feminine either of office, Ges§ 122 r De Now Che, compare סֹפֶרֶת Ezra 2:55; خَلِيفَةً, Khalif; German Majestät, Excellenz; or as in Arabic with intensive force, one realizing the idea in its completeness (compare جَمَّاعَةً great collector, بَاقِرَةً deep investigator (formed like קֹהֶלֶת), WAG i. § 233 R. c. see DrIntr. 466; RVm great orator): hence either convener, or great collector (of sentences), compare אֲסֻפּוֹת בַּעֲלֵי Ecclesiastes 12:11, למעא דברי חפץ בקּשׁ ק׳ Ecclesiastes 12:10 (but KöEinl. 428 Drl.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 1:12 (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 MT אמרה ק׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

2:55

Ecclesiastes

1:1; 1:2; 1:2; 1:12; 7:27; 12:8; 12:8; 12:9; 12:10; 12:10; 12:11