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
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
נָטַע
nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
נָטַע
nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָטַע nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
Study H5193 →נָטַע nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
Study H5193 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →Cross References
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
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.
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.
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.
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
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.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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.
So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
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...
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
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...
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.
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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