Ecclesiastes 2:1

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity."

Word-by-Word Analysis

I

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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in

אֲנִי

ʼănîy

H589

I

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לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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to now I will

נָסָה

nâçâh

H5254

to test; by implication, to attempt

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thee with

שִׂמְחָה

simchâh

H8057

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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רָצָה

râtsâh

H7521

to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt

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and

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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this also is

הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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Key Terms in This Verse

enjoy H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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mirth H8057

שִׂמְחָה simchâh

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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prove H5254

נָסָה nâçâh

to test; by implication, to attempt

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pleasure H7521

רָצָה râtsâh

to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt

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vanity H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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mine H589

אֲנִי ʼănîy

I

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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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therefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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behold H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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Go H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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Cross References

Luke 12:19 cross-reference

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 cross-reference

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth...

James 5:5 cross-reference

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Psalm 27:8 cross-reference

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

James 5:1 cross-reference

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Psalm 14:1 cross-reference

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Isaiah 50:5 cross-reference

The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

Isaiah 50:11 cross-reference

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down...

Ecclesiastes 7:4 cross-reference

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Genesis 11:7 cross-reference

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 cross-reference

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things...

Titus 3:3 cross-reference

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

James 4:13 cross-reference

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Luke 16:19 cross-reference

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

2 Kings 5:5 cross-reference

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of r...

Ecclesiastes 2:15 cross-reference

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Psalm 10:6 cross-reference

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

Isaiah 5:5 cross-reference

And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

Luke 16:23 cross-reference

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

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