Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 1:6 - Works
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The wind | H7307 | רוּחַ |
[Noun Feminine] wind; by resemblance {breath} that {is} a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively {life} anger: unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance {spirit} but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) |
goeth | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
toward | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
the south | H1864 | דָּרוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] the south; {poet} the south wind |
and turneth about | H5437 | סָבַב |
[Verb] to {revolve} surround or border; used in various {applications} literally and figuratively |
unto | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
the north | H6828 | צָפוֹן |
[Noun Feminine] properly {hidden} that {is} dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) |
it whirleth about | H5437 | סָבַב |
[Verb] to {revolve} surround or border; used in various {applications} literally and figuratively |
continually | H5437 | סָבַב |
[Verb] to {revolve} surround or border; used in various {applications} literally and figuratively |
and the wind | H7307 | רוּחַ |
[Noun Feminine] wind; by resemblance {breath} that {is} a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively {life} anger: unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance {spirit} but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) |
returneth again | H7725 | שׁוּב |
[Verb] to turn back ({hence} away) transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again |
according | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
to his circuits | H5439 | סָבִיב |
[Substitution] (as noun) a {circle} {neighbor } or environs; but chiefly (as {adverb} with or without preposition) around |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.