Ecclesiastes 2:8
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
מְדִינָה
mᵉdîynâh
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
מִכְלֻל
miklul
something perfect, i.e. a splendid garment
Key Terms in This Verse
אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
Study H4082 →כְּלִי kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Study H3627 →Cross References
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I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore ...
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up...
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the num...
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solom...
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshi...
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well:...
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jedu...
And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
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