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Ecclesiastes Definition

Ec·cle·si·as·tes (e klē′zē as′tēz′, i-)

noun

Bible a book of teachings, written as if by Solomon: abbrev. Eccles, Eccl, or Ec

Etymology: LL(Ec) < Gr ekklēsiastēs, member of an ecclesia (see ecclesia): used in LXX for Heb kohelet, he who calls together an assembly < kahal, assembly

Ecclesiastes Usage Examples

Converse of object

read: How exactly we read Ecclesiastes as a whole and relate the joy passages to the vanity passages remains a controversial point.

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