Ecclesiastes 7:1

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Ecclesiastes 7:1


← Ecclesiastes 6:12 Ecclesiastes 7:1 (KJV) Ecclesiastes 7:2 →
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A good nameH8034 is betterH2896 than preciousH2896 ointmentH8081; and the dayH3117 of deathH4194 than the dayH3117 of one's birthH3205.


Original Hebrew

טֹוב שֵׁם מִשֶּׁמֶן טֹוב וְיֹום הַמָּוֶת מִיֹּום הִוָּלְדֹו׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
ט֥וֹב
Tov H2896 HAamsa (is) good
שֵׁ֖ם
shem H8034 HNcmsa a name
מִ/שֶּׁ֣מֶן
mi./She.men H8081 HR/Ncmsa more than/ ointment
ט֑וֹב
Tov H2896 HAamsa good
וְ/י֣וֹם
ve./Yom H3117 HC/Ncmsc and/ (the) day of
הַ/מָּ֔וֶת
ha./Ma.vet H4194 HTd/Ncmsa (the)/ death
מִ/יּ֖וֹם
mi./Yom H3117 HR/Ncmsc more than/ (the) day of
הִוָּלְדֽ/וֹ
hi.val.D/o H3205 HVNc/Sp3ms being born/ he
Strong's References
  • H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב (ṭôwb) H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
  • H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  • H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
  • H4194 — מָוֶת (mâveth, maw'-veth): from מוּת (mûwth) H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
  • H8034 — שֵׁם (shêm, shame): a primitive word (perhaps rather from שׂוּם (sûwm) H7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim) H8064); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
  • H8081 — שֶׁמֶן (shemen, sheh'-men): from שָׁמַן (shâman) H8080; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness; anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.
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