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Webster 1913 Edition

Ecclesiastes

Ec-cleˊsi-as′tes

,

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a preacher. See

,

Adj.

]

One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ecclesiastes

ECCLESIAS'TES

,

Noun.

[Gr.] a canonical book of the old testament.

Definition 2024

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes

English

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Proper noun

Ecclesiastes

(biblical) A book in the Old Testament of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as Eccl. or Eccles.

Synonyms

Preacher

See also

Ecclesiasticus

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Prediker
Chinese:

Cantonese: 傳道書, 传道书 ‎(cyun⁴ dou⁶ syu¹)

Hakka: 傳道書, 传道书 ‎(Chhòn-tho-sû)

Mandarin: 傳道書 (zh), 传道书 (zh) ‎(Chuándàoshū)

Min Dong: 傳道書, 传道书 ‎(Diòng-dô-cṳ̆)

Min Nan: 傳道書, 传道书 ‎(Thoân-tō-su)
Czech: Kazatel m
Danish: Prædikerens Bog
Dutch: Prediker (nl)
Estonian: Koguja raamat
Finnish: Saarnaajan kirja, Saarnaaja, Salomon Saarnaaja
French: Ecclésiaste (fr)
German: (Catholic) Kohelet (de), (Protestantic) Prediger (de)
Greek: Εκκλησιαστής ‎(Ekklisiastís)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)}קֹהֶלֶת ‎(kohelet)
Ido: Eklesiastes (io) m pl
Irish: Leabhar Ecclesiastes m

Italian: Qoelet, Ecclesiaste (it) m
Japanese: 伝道の書 ‎(Dendō no Sho)
Korean: 전도서 ‎(Jeondoseo) (傳道書 (ko))
Latin: Ecclesiastes (la) m (Vulgata)
Latvian: Mācītājs (lv) m
Maltese: Ktieb Qoħelet
Maori: Kaikauwhau
Ngazidja Comorian: Mhubiri
Norwegian: Preikaren (no) m
Polish: Księga Koheleta f
Portuguese: Eclesiastes (pt) m
Russian: Кни́га Екклесиа́ста f ‎(Kníga Jekklesiásta), Экклезиа́ст (ru) m ‎(Ekkleziást)
Slovak: Kazateľ m
Slovene: Pridigar (sl)
Spanish: Eclesiastés (es)
Swedish: Predikaren (sv) c
Tagalog: Ang Mangangaral (tl) m
Thai: ปัญญาจารย์ ‎(bpan-yaa-jaan)