KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Ecclesiastes 7:27
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Ecclesiastes 7:27
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
27‖Behold, this haue I found (saith the Preacher) counting one by one to finde out the account:
- Or, weighing one thing after another to finde out the reason.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 7:27
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
One who publicly proclaims or teaches a message; the KJV context identifies the person and message.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To account or reckon.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A reckoning, record, report, or explanation; as a verb, to reckon, consider, or give an account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 27
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Open the full verse study8¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
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Open the full verse study1THE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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