'Ecclesiastes' definitions:
Definition of 'Ecclesiastes'
From: WordNet
noun
An Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC [syn: Ecclesiastes, Book of Ecclesiastes]
Definition of 'Ecclesiastes'
From: GCIDE
- Ecclesiastes \Ec*cle`si*as"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a preacher. See Ecclesiastic, a.] One of the canonical books of the Old Testament. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ecclesiastes'
From: Easton
- Ecclesiastes the Greek rendering of the Hebrew _Koheleth_, which means "Preacher." The old and traditional view of the authorship of this book attributes it to Solomon. This view can be satisfactorily maintained, though others date it from the Captivity. The writer represents himself implicitly as Solomon (1:12). It has been appropriately styled The Confession of King Solomon. "The writer is a man who has sinned in giving way to selfishness and sensuality, who has paid the penalty of that sin in satiety and weariness of life, but who has through all this been under the discipline of a divine education, and has learned from it the lesson which God meant to teach him." "The writer concludes by pointing out that the secret of a true life is that a man should consecrate the vigour of his youth to God." The key-note of the book is sounded in ch. 1:2,
- "Vanity of vanities! saith the Preacher,
- Vanity of vanities! all is vanity!" i.e., all man's efforts to find happiness apart from God are without result.
Definition of 'Ecclesiastes'
From: Hitchcock
- Ecclesiastes, a preacher
Words containing 'Ecclesiastes'
- Ecclesiast,
- Ecclesiastic,
- Ecclesiastical,
- Ecclesiastically,
- Ecclesiastical States,
- Ecclesiastical courts,
- Ecclesiastical law,
- Ecclesiastical modes,
- book of ecclesiastes,
- ecclesiastical attire,
- ecclesiastical benefice,
- ecclesiastical calendar,
- ecclesiastical mode,
- ecclesiastical province,
- ecclesiastical robe,
- Ecclesiastical commissioners for England