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

A

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

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

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to

אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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and a

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

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

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to

שָׂנֵא

sânêʼ

H8130

to hate (personally)

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a

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

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

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of

מִלְחָמָה

milchâmâh

H4421

a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)

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עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

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

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of

שָׁלוֹם

shâlôwm

H7965

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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Key Terms in This Verse

hate H8130

שָׂנֵא sânêʼ

to hate (personally)

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war H4421

מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh

a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)

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love H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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peace H7965

שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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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.

Study H6256 →
time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

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

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:25 cross-reference

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Luke 14:26 cross-reference

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.

1 Kings 5:4 cross-reference

But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

Psalm 139:21 cross-reference

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Ephesians 3:19 cross-reference

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Titus 2:4 cross-reference

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

2 Chronicles 19:2 cross-reference

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 ...

Revelation 2:2 cross-reference

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:

Joshua 11:23 cross-reference

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 ...

Ezekiel 16:8 cross-reference

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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