Ecclesiastes 7:1
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
יָקָר
yâqâr
valuable (objectively or subjectively)
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
נֶפֶל
nephel
something fallen, i.e. an abortion
Key Terms in This Verse
שֶׁמֶן shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Study H8081 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll...
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
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.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
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