Ecclesiastes 3:8
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Key Terms in This Verse
מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →Cross References
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the ...
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from ...
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant ...
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