Ecclesiastes 8:10
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
הֶבֶל
hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →הֶבֶל hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Study H1892 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
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