Ecclesiastes 3:21
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
מַטָּה
maṭṭâh
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַטָּה maṭṭâh
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
Study H4295 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
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