Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - Now
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
in mine heart | H3820 | לֵב |
[Noun Masculine] the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the {feelings} the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything |
Go to | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
now | H4994 | נָא |
added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or {future}) or to {interjections} occasionally to an adverb or conjugation |
I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
will prove | H5254 | נָסָה |
[Verb] to test; by implication to attempt |
thee with mirth | H8057 | שִׂמְחָה |
[Noun Feminine] blithesomeness or {glee} (religious or festival) |
therefore enjoy | H7200 | רָאָה |
[Verb] to {see} literally or figuratively (in numerous {applications} direct and {implied} {transitively} intransitively and causatively) |
pleasure | H2896 | טוֹב |
[Adjective] 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} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well) |
and behold | H2009 | הִנֵּה |
lo! |
this | H1931 | הוּא |
[Pronoun] a primitive {word} the third person pronoun {singular} he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) {self} or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are |
also | H1571 | גַּם |
[Adverb] properly assemblage; used only adverbially {also} even: {yea} though; often repeated as correlation both ... and |
is vanity | H1892 | הֶבֶל |
[Noun Masculine] emptiness or vanity; figuratively something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.