Ecclesiastes 3:6
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
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 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
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And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
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