Ecclesiastes

See also Ecclesiasticus

English

Ecclesiastes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Ecclesiastes” on Wikisource. Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

Etymology

Latin Ecclesiastes, from Ancient Greek according Septuaginta Ἐκκλησιαστής

Proper noun

Ecclesiastes

1. (biblical) A book in the Old Testament of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as Eccl. or Eccles.

Synonyms

• Preacher

Translations

book of the Bible

• Czech: Kazatel (cs) m
• Danish: Prædikerens Bog (da)
• Dutch: Prediker (nl)
• Estonian: Koguja raamat (et)
• French: Ecclésiaste (fr)
• German: (Catholic) Kohelet (de), (Protestantic) Prediger (de)
• Greek: Εκκλησιαστής (el) (Ekklisiastís)
• Hebrew: קֹהֶלֶת (kohelet)
• Italian: Qoelet (it)

• Japanese: 伝道の書 (dendō no sho)
• Latin: Ecclesiastes (la) m (Vulgata)
• Maltese: Ktieb Qoħelet
• Norwegian: Preikaren (no) m
• Polish: Księga Koheleta (pl) f
• Russian: Книга Екклесиаста (ru) (kníga Jekklesiásta) f, Экклезиаст (ru) (Ekkleziást) m
• Slovene: Pridigar (sl)
• Swedish: Predikaren (sv) c