Ecclesiastes

English

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Etymology

From Latin Ecclesiastes, from Ancient Greek Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastḗs) according to the Septuagint.

Proper noun

Ecclesiastes

1. (biblical) A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

   Synonyms: Preacher, Eccl. (abbreviation), Eccles. (abbreviation)

Related terms

• ecclesia, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, ecclesiology

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Prediker (af)
• Albanian: Predikuesi
• Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ‎
• Basque: Ecclesiastes (eu)
• Breton: Eklesiastes (br) m
• Bulgarian: Еклисиаст m (Eklisiast)
• Burmese: ဒေသနာကျမ်း (desa.na-kyam:)
• Catalan: Eclesiastès
• Cebuano: Kaalam
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 傳道書, 传道书 (cyun⁴ dou⁶ syu¹)

  Hakka: 傳道書, 传道书 (Chhòn-tho-sû)

  Mandarin: 傳道書 (zh), 传道书 (zh) (Chuándàoshū)

  Min Dong: 傳道書, 传道书 (Diòng-dô-cṳ̆)

  Min Nan: 傳道書, 传道书 (Thoân-tō-su)

• Chuvash: Екклесиаст (Ekklesiast)
• Corsican: Ecclesiasta (co)
• Czech: Kazatel m
• Danish: Prædikerens Bog
• Dutch: Prediker (nl)
• Estonian: Koguja raamat (et)
• Faroese: Prædikarin (fo) m
• Finnish: Saarnaajan kirja
• French: Ecclésiaste (fr), Qohéleth (fr) m
• Georgian: ეკლესიასტე (eḳlesiasṭe)
• German: (Catholic) Kohelet (de), (Protestantic) Prediger (de)
• Greek: Εκκλησιαστής (el) (Ekklisiastís)

  Ancient: Ἐκκλησιαστής m (Ekklēsiastḗs)

• Hawaiian: Ke Kahuna
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} קֹהֶלֶת‎ (he) (Kohelet)
• Hindi: सभोपदेशक (sabhopdeśak)
• Hungarian: A prédikátor könyve (hu)
• Icelandic: Prédikarinn
• Ido: Eklesiastes (io)
• Irish: Leabhar Ecclesiastes m, Leabhar Chóiheilit m, Ecclesiastes (ga) m
• Italian: Qoelet, Ecclesiaste (it) m
• Japanese: 伝道の書 (Dendō no Sho), コヘレトの言葉 (Kohereto no Kotoba)
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಸಂಗಿ (prasaṅgi)

• Kazakh: Уағыздаушы (Wağızdawşı)
• Konkani: उपदेशक हें पुस्तक (updeśak hẽ pustak)
• Korean: 코헬렛 (kohellet), 전도서 (ko) (Jeondoseo)
• Latin: Ecclesiastes (la) m (Vulgata)
• Latvian: Mācītājs (lv) m
• Limburgish: Prediker
• Lithuanian: Mokytojo knyga (lt) f
• Malayalam: സഭാപ്രസംഗകൻ (sabhāprasaṅgakan)
• Maltese: Ktieb Qoħelet
• Maori: Kaikauwhau (mi)
• Marathi: उपदेशक (updeśak)
• Nepali: उपदेशक (upadeśak)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Mhubiri
• Norwegian: Preikaren (no) m
• Persian: جامعه‎ (fa)
• Polish: Księga Koheleta f
• Portuguese: Eclesiastes (pt) m
• Romanian: Ecleziast m
• Russian: Кни́га Екклесиа́ста f (Kníga Jekklesiásta), Экклезиа́ст (ru) m (Ekkleziást)
• Scots: Ecclesiastes
• Scottish Gaelic: Eclesiastes (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Propovijednik m
• Slovak: Kazateľ m
• Slovene: Pridigar (sl)
• Spanish: Eclesiastés (es)
• Swahili: Mhubiri (sw)
• Swedish: Predikaren c
• Tagalog: Ang Mangangaral (tl)
• Tamil: சபை உரையாளர் (capai uraiyāḷar)
• Telugu: ప్రసంగి (prasaṅgi)
• Thai: ปัญญาจารย์ (bpan-yaa-jaan)
• Urdu: کتاب واعظ‎
• Vietnamese: Giảng Sư
• Waray-Waray: Ecclesiastes
• Welsh: Pregethwr (cy) m
• West Frisian: Preker n
• Western Panjabi: کتاب واعظ‎
• Zealandic: Prediker

See also

• Ecclesiasticus