Ecclesiastes 2:4

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

I

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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me

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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I

בָּנָה

bânâh

H1129

to build (literally and figuratively)

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me

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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I

נָטַע

nâṭaʻ

H5193

properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)

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me

כֶּרֶם

kerem

H3754

a garden or vineyard

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Key Terms in This Verse

planted H5193

נָטַע nâṭaʻ

properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)

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vineyards H3754

כֶּרֶם kerem

a garden or vineyard

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builded H1129

בָּנָה bânâh

to build (literally and figuratively)

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houses H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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works H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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great H1419

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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made H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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Cross References

Daniel 4:30 cross-reference

The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

2 Chronicles 26:10 cross-reference

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for h...

Song of Solomon 7:12 cross-reference

Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

2 Chronicles 8:11 cross-reference

And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the...

1 Chronicles 27:27 cross-reference

And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:

1 Kings 9:1 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,

2 Samuel 18:18 cross-reference

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own...

1 Kings 15:19 cross-reference

There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he m...

Genesis 11:4 cross-reference

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Psalm 49:11 cross-reference

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

Isaiah 5:1 cross-reference

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Song of Solomon 1:14 cross-reference

My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

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