Ecclesiastes 7:2
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart."
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...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
מִשְׁתֶּה
mishteh
drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
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...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh
drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
Study H4960 →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 →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 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed the...
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