Ecclesiastes 3:2

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

A

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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to be

יָלַד

yâlad

H3205

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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and a

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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to

מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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a

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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to

נָטַע

nâṭaʻ

H5193

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

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and a

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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to

קָטַף

qâṭaph

H6998

to strip off

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up that which is

נָטַע

nâṭaʻ

H5193

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

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Key Terms in This Verse

pluck H6998

קָטַף qâṭaph

to strip off

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planted H5193

נָטַע nâṭaʻ

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

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plant H5193

נָטַע nâṭaʻ

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

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born H3205

יָלַד yâlad

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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die H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:27 cross-reference

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Job 14:5 cross-reference

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Matthew 15:13 cross-reference

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

Galatians 4:4 cross-reference

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

John 16:21 cross-reference

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

Luke 1:20 cross-reference

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Isaiah 38:1 cross-reference

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

Job 7:1 cross-reference

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

Acts 7:17 cross-reference

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Acts 7:20 cross-reference

In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:

Jeremiah 45:4 cross-reference

Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

Psalm 113:9 cross-reference

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 52:5 cross-reference

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

2 Kings 4:16 cross-reference

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

Matthew 13:41 cross-reference

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Isaiah 38:5 cross-reference

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

1 Samuel 2:5 cross-reference

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

Jeremiah 1:10 cross-reference

See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

Deuteronomy 34:5 cross-reference

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

Genesis 47:29 cross-reference

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and tru...

John 7:30 cross-reference

Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

Job 14:14 cross-reference

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

1 Kings 13:2 cross-reference

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he off...

Luke 1:13 cross-reference

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

Genesis 17:21 cross-reference

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

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