Passage Research
Ecclesiastes 5 — Sermon Preparation
Warnings against rash vows before God and the emptiness of accumulated wealth and insatiable desire are carefully set out. Below is a research summary for Ecclesiastes 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 19
- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Ecclesiastes 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָבָה | râbâh | H7235 | 6 | increase |
| נָדַר | nâdar | H5087 | 4 | promise |
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 5 | eat |
| גָּבֹהַּ | gâbôahh | H1364 | 3 | elevated, powerful |
| עֹשֶׁר | ʻôsher | H6239 | 3 | wealth |
| עָמָל | ʻâmâl | H5999 | 3 | toil, wearing effort |
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2896 | 4 | good |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Ecclesiastes 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“NAKED OR CLOTHED? As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.'--ECCLES. v. 15. . . . Their works do follow them.'--REV. xiv. 13. It is to be observed that these two sharply contrasted texts do not refer to the same persons. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of the Holy Scriptures: Second Kings from Chap., on Ecclesiastes 5:15–30 (Public Domain)
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