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Ecclesiastes 7:28


Ecclesiastes 7:27 Ecclesiastes 7:28 (KJV) Ecclesiastes 7:29
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the account:
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Which yet my soulH5315 seekethH1245, but I findH4672 not: oneH259 manH120 among a thousandH505 have I foundH4672; but a womanH802 among all those have I not foundH4672.


Original Hebrew

אֲשֶׁר עֹוד־בִּקְשָׁה נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא מָצָאתִי אָדָם אֶחָד מֵאֶלֶף מָצָאתִי וְאִשָּׁה בְכָל־אֵלֶּה לֹא מָצָאתִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
'a.Sher H834 HTr which
עוֹד
'od- H5750 HD again
בִּקְשָׁ֥ה
bik.Shah H1245 HVpp3fs it has sought
נַפְשִׁ֖/י
naf.Sh/i H5315 HNcbsc/Sp1cs self/ my
וְ/לֹ֣א
ve./Lo' H3808 HC/Tn and/ not
מָצָ֑אתִי
ma.Tza.ti H4672 HVqp1cs I have found
אָדָ֞ם
'a.Dam H120 HNcmsa a man
אֶחָ֤ד
'e.Chad H259 HAcmsa one
מֵ/אֶ֨לֶף֙
me./'E.lef H505 HR/Acbsa of/ a thousand
מָצָ֔אתִי
ma.Tza.ti H4672 HVqp1cs I have found
וְ/אִשָּׁ֥ה
ve./'i.Shah H802 HC/Ncfsa and/ a woman
בְ/כָל
ve./khol- H3605 HR/Ncmsc among/ all
אֵ֖לֶּה
'E.leh H428 HPdxcp these
לֹ֥א
lo' H3808 HTn not
מָצָֽאתִי
ma.Tza.ti H4672 HVqp1cs I have found
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
  • H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
  • H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
  • H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
  • H1245 — בָּקַשׁ (bâqash, baw-kash'): a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
  • H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
  • H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
  • H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
  • H5750 — עוֹד (ʻôwd, ode): or עֹד; from עוּד; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).
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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (3): 1 Kings 11:3, Proverbs 20:6, Proverbs 31:10

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