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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 
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Bible Verse Dictionary

Ecclesiastes 2:3 - Hold

Ecclesiastes 2:3 - I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Verse Strongs No. Hebrew
I sought H8446 תּוּר
in mine heart H3820 לֵב
to give H4900 מָשַׁךְ
myself H1320 בָּשָׂר
unto wine H3196 יַיִן
yet acquainting H5090 נָהַג
mine heart H3820 לֵב
with wisdom H2451 חׇכְמָה
and to lay hold H270 אָחַז
on folly H5531 סִכְלוּת
till H5704 עַד
I might see H7200 רָאָה
what H335 אַי
was that H2088 זֶה
good H2896 טוֹב
for the sons H1121 בֵּן
of men H120 אָדָם
which H834 אֲשֶׁר
they should do H6213 עָשָׂה
under H8478 תַּחַת
the heaven H8064 שָׁמַיִם
all H4557 מִסְפָּר
the days H3117 יוֹם
of their life H2416 חַי

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.