Ecclesiastes 12:3
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
חָרַד
chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
קֶשֶׁת
qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
טָחַן
ṭâchan
to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Key Terms in This Verse
טָחַן ṭâchan
to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
Study H2912 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →חָרַד chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
Study H2729 →שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →קֶשֶׁת qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
Study H7198 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →Cross References
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
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