Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6953: קֹהֶלֶת

qôheleth · pronounced ko-heh'-leth · “preacher”

Definition

a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth)

KJV translates it as: preacher.

Word origin: feminine of active participle from H6950 (קָהַל);

Extended definition

collector (of sentences), preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Qoheleth

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6953 is translated

  • teacher ×7

Bible verses with H6953 (qôheleth)

Qôheleth appears in 7 verses.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:1

    The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:2

    Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:12

    I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:27

    Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

  • Ecclesiastes 12:8

    Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:9

    And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:10

    The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.