Bible Verse Dictionary
Ecclesiastes 2:11 - Looked
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Then I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
looked | H6437 | פָּנָה |
[Verb] to turn; by implication to {face} that {is} appear: {look} etc. |
on all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
the works | H4639 | מַעֲשֶׂה |
[Noun Masculine] an action (good or bad); generally a transaction; abstractly activity; by implication a product (specifically a poem) or (generally) property |
that my hands had wrought | H7945 | שֶׁל |
used with prepositional {prefix} and often followed by some pronoun affixed; on account {of} what {soever} which soever |
and on the labour | H5999 | עָמָל |
[Noun] {toil} that {is} wearing effort; hence {worry} whether of body or mind |
that I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
had laboured | H7945 | שֶׁל |
used with prepositional {prefix} and often followed by some pronoun affixed; on account {of} what {soever} which soever |
to do | H6213 | עָשָׂה |
[Verb] to do or {make} in the broadest sense and widest application |
and behold | H2009 | הִנֵּה |
lo! |
all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
was vanity | H1892 | הֶבֶל |
[Noun Masculine] emptiness or vanity; figuratively something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
and vexation | H7469 | רְעוּת |
[Noun Masculine] a feeding {upon} that {is} grasping after |
of spirit | 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) |
and there was no | H369 | אַיִן |
[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle |
profit | H3504 | יִתְרוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] {preeminence} gain |
under | H8478 | תַּחַת |
[Noun Masculine] the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix {underneath }) in lieu {of} etc. |
the sun | H8121 | שֶׁמֶשׁ |
[Noun] the sun; by implication the east; figuratively a {ray} that {is} (architecturally) a notched battlement |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.