Ecclesiastes 3:4

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A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;	A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;	A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A time^H6256 to weep^H1058, and a time^H6256 to laugh^H7832; a time^H6256 to mourn^H5594, and a time^H6256 to dance^H7540;

Original Hebrew

עֵת לִבְכֹּות וְעֵת לִשְׂחֹוק עֵת סְפֹוד וְעֵת רְקֹוד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עֵ֤ת	'et	H6256	HNcbsa	a time
לִ/בְכּוֹת֙	li/v.kOt	H1058	HR/Vqc	to/ weep
וְ/עֵ֣ת	ve./'Et	H6256	HC/Ncbsa	and/ a time
לִ/שְׂח֔וֹק	li/s.Chok	H7832	HR/Vqc	to/ laugh
עֵ֥ת	'et	H6256	HNcbsc	a time
סְפ֖וֹד	se.Fod	H5594	HVqc	to mourn
וְ/עֵ֥ת	ve./'Et	H6256	HC/Ncbsc	and/ a time
רְקֽוֹד	re.Kod	H7540	HVqc	to dance

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1058 — בָּכָה (bâkâh, baw-kaw'): a primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan; [idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.
H5594 — סָפַד (çâphad, saw-fad'): a primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail; lament, mourn(-er), wail.
H6256 — עֵת (ʻêth, ayth): from עַד; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.; [phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.
H7540 — רָקַד (râqad, raw-kad'): a primitive root; properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy); dance, jump, leap, skip.
H7832 — שָׂחַק (sâchaq, saw-khak'): a primitive root; to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play; deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

a time to laugh — Genesis 21:6, Luke 1:13-14, Luke 1:58, Luke 6:21-25
time to weep — Nehemiah 8:9-12, Nehemiah 9:1-38, Psalms 30:5, Psalms 126:1-2, Psalms 126:5-6, Isaiah 22:12-13, Matthew 9:15, Matthew 11:17, John 16:20-22, Romans 12:15, 2 Corinthians 7:10, James 4:9
to dance — Exodus 15:20, 2 Samuel 6:16

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