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Ecclesiastes 3

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6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Ecclesiastes 3:6. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 60
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

עֵ֤ת לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ וְעֵ֣ת לְאַבֵּ֔ד עֵ֥ת לִשְׁמ֖וֹר וְעֵ֥ת לְהַשְׁלִֽיךְ׃

8 word entries
עֵ֤ת
Lemma
6256
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
82
לְבַקֵּשׁ֙
Lemma
l/1245
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb piel infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1245
Occurrences
27
וְעֵ֣ת
Lemma
c/6256
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
18
לְאַבֵּ֔ד
Lemma
l/6
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb piel infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6
Occurrences
12
עֵ֥ת
Lemma
6256
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
82
לִשְׁמ֖וֹר
Lemma
l/8104
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb qal infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H8104
Occurrences
48
וְעֵ֥ת
Lemma
c/6256
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6256
Occurrences
18
לְהַשְׁלִֽיךְ
Lemma
l/7993
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb hiphil infinitive construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H7993
Occurrences
2
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καιρὸς τοῦ ζητῆσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἀπολέσαι, καιρὸς τοῦ φυλάξαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ ἐκβαλεῖν·

14 word entries
Καιρὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kairos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
time, season
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Time, season, or appointed moment.
Occurrences
329
τοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ζητῆσαι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
zetesai
Morphology
Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
25
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
καιρὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kairos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
time, season
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Time, season, or appointed moment.
Occurrences
329
τοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἀπολέσαι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
apolesai
Morphology
Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
29
καιρὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kairos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
time, season
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Time, season, or appointed moment.
Occurrences
329
τοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
φυλάξαι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
phylaxai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
15
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
καιρὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kairos
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
time, season
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Time, season, or appointed moment.
Occurrences
329
τοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ἐκβαλεῖν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
ekbalein
Morphology
present/aorist active infinitive pattern
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
10
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܙܒܢܐ ܠܡܘܒܕܘ ܘܙܒܢܐ ܠܡܒܥܐ ܙܒܢܐ ܠܡܩܛܪ ܘܙܒܢܐ ܠܡܫܪܐ

8 word entries
ܙܒܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
zbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
147
ܠܡܘܒܕܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lmwbdw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
14
ܘܙܒܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wzbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
22
ܠܡܒܥܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lmb''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
18
ܙܒܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
zbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
147
ܠܡܩܛܪ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lmqtr
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
1
ܘܙܒܢܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wzbn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
22
ܠܡܫܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lmshr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
7
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

עִדָּן בְּחִיר לְמִתְבַּע נִכְסַיָּא וְעִדָּן בְּחִיר לְמֵיבַד נִכְסַיָּא עִדָּן בְּחִיר לְמִנְטַר עִסְקָא וְעִדָּן בְּחִיר לְמִשְׁדֵי עִסְקָא בְּיַמָּא בְּעִדָּן נַחְשׁוֹלָא רַבָּא׃

20 word entries
עִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
254
בְּחִיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיר
Transliteration
bchyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
לְמִתְבַּע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmtb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
נִכְסַיָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nksy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
וְעִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
w'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
254
בְּחִיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיר
Transliteration
bchyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
לְמֵיבַד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmybd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
נִכְסַיָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nksy'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
עִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
254
בְּחִיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיר
Transliteration
bchyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
לְמִנְטַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmntr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
6
עִסְקָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'sq'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
12
וְעִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
w'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
254
בְּחִיר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חיר
Transliteration
bchyr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
38
לְמִשְׁדֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lmshdy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
4
עִסְקָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'sq'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
12
בְּיַמָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ימא
Transliteration
bym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
284
בְּעִדָּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
עדן
Transliteration
b'dn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
254
נַחְשׁוֹלָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nchshwl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
רַבָּא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רבא
Transliteration
rb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
305
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Tempus acquirendi, et tempus perdendi; tempus custodiendi, et tempus abjiciendi.

10 word entries
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
adquirendi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
acquiro
Transliteration
adquirendi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
16
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
perdendi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
perdo
Transliteration
perdendi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
136
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
custodiendi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
custodiendi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
358
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
tempus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
tempus
Transliteration
tempus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
761
abiciendi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
abicio
Transliteration
abiciendi
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
56

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

5 relevance votes

Matthew 19:29

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

5 relevance votes

Psalms 112:9

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

5 relevance votes

2 Kings 5:26

And he said to him, Went not my heart with thee , when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants?

5 relevance votes

Acts 27:19

And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

4 relevance votes

Jonah 1:5

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and cast the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

3 relevance votes

Isaiah 2:20

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

3 relevance votes

Genesis 31:18

And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gained, the cattle of his getting, which he had gained in Padan-aram; to go to Isaac, his father, in the land of Canaan.

3 relevance votes

Acts 27:38

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast the wheat into the sea.

3 relevance votes

2 Kings 7:15

And they went after them to Jordan: and lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

3 relevance votes

2 Kings 8:9

So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

2 relevance votes
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