Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6953
קֹהֶלֶת
qohelethko-heh'-leth
preacher
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qôheleth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6953is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6953
a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth)
The King James renders it: preacher.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qoheleth is rendered "preacher". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Seven of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ecclesiastes 1:1These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
Ecclesiastes 1:1קֹהֶ֣לֶת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's seven uses are in Ecclesiastes.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Teacher6
- the Teacher1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- קֹהֶ֔לֶת2
- הַקּוֹהֶ֖לֶת1
- קֹהֶ֣לֶת1
- קֹהֶ֗לֶת1
- קֹהֶ֑לֶת1
- קֹהֶ֖לֶת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular6HNcfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Ecclesiastes
seven uses
These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
- קֹהֶ֣לֶתkoheletnoun · feminine singulartagged: Teacher
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
- קֹהֶ֔לֶתkoheletnoun · feminine singulartagged: Teacher
I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
- קֹהֶ֗לֶתkoheletnoun · feminine singulartagged: Teacher
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
- קֹהֶ֑לֶתkoheletnoun · feminine singulartagged: Teacher
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
- הַקּוֹהֶ֖לֶתhakoheletthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Teacher
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
- קֹהֶ֖לֶתkoheletnoun · feminine singulartagged: Teacher
The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
- קֹהֶ֔לֶתkoheletnoun · feminine singulartagged: Teacher
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.