English
Etymology
From Middle English Ecclesiastes, from Latin Ecclēsiastēs, from Ancient Greek Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastḗs) according to the Septuagint.[1] The Greek word is a loan translation of Hebrew קֹהֶלֶת, from Hebrew קָהָל.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˌkliːziˈæstiːz/, /əˌkliːziˈæstiːz/
Proper noun
Ecclesiastes
- (biblical) A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
- Synonyms: Preacher, (abbreviation) Eccl., (abbreviation) Eccles.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with Ecclesiasticus (considered apocryphal by Protestants).
Translations
book of the Bible
- Afrikaans: Prediker (af)
- Albanian: Predikuesi
- Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠَﺎﻣِﻌَﺔ (ar) f, سِفْرُ الجَامِعَة (sifru l-jāmiʕa)
- Asturian: Eclesiastés (ast)
- 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)
- Eastern Min: 傳道書 / 传道书 (Diòng-dô-cṳ̆)
- Hakka: 傳道書 / 传道书 (Chhòn-tho-sû)
- Hokkien: 傳道書 / 传道书 (Thoân-tō-su)
- Mandarin: 傳道書 / 传道书 (zh) (Chuándàoshū)
- Chuvash: Екклесиаст (Ekkles̬iast)
- Comorian:
- Ngazidja Comorian: Mhubiri
- Corsican: Ecclesiasta (co)
- Czech: Kazatel m
- Danish: Prædikerens Bog
- Dutch: Prediker (nl)
- Estonian: Koguja, Koguja raamat (et)
- Faroese: Prædikarin (fo) m
- Finnish: Saarnaajan kirja
- French: Ecclésiaste (fr), Qohéleth (fr) m
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: Preker n
- Georgian: ეკლესიასტე (eḳlesiasṭe)
- German: (Catholic) Kohelet (de), (Protestantic) Prediger (de)
- Greek: Εκκλησιαστής (el) (Ekklisiastís)
- Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστής m (Ekklēsiastḗs)
- Hawaiian: Ke Kahuna
- Hebrew: קֹהֶלֶת (he) m (Kohelet)
- Hindi: सभोपदेशक (sabhopdeśak)
- Hungarian: A prédikátor könyve (hu)
- Icelandic: Prédikarinn
- Ido: Eklesiastes (io)
- Indonesian: Kitab Pengkhotbah, Pengkhotbah (id)
- Irish: Leabhar Ecclesiastes m, Leabhar Chóiheilit m, Ecclesiastes (ga) m
- Italian: Qoelet (it), 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 (Uağyzdauşy)
- 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
- Lutuv: Phungrituv
- Malay: Pengkhutbah
- Malayalam: സഭാപ്രസംഗകൻ (sabhāprasaṅgakaṉ)
- Maltese: Ktieb Qoħelet (mt)
- Māori: Kaikauwhau (mi)
- Marathi: उपदेशक (updeśak)
- Nepali: उपदेशक (upadeśak)
- Norwegian: Preikaren (no) m
- Persian: جامعه (fa)
- Polish: Księga Koheleta f
- Portuguese: Eclesiastes (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ਕ (pa) (upadeśak)
- Western Punjabi: کتاب واعظ (ktāb vā‘z̤)
- 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)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: Prědar m
- 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)
- Tumbuka: Mupharazgi
- Urdu: کتاب واعظ
- Vietnamese: Giảng Sư
- Waray-Waray: Ecclesiastes
- Welsh: Pregethwr (cy) m
- Yoruba: Oníwàásù
- Zealandic: Prediker
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See also
References
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ecclesiastes
- (biblical) Ecclesiastes (book of the Bible)
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Ecc.
- see: Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)