ἐκκλησιαστής
preacher, assembler
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐκκλησιαστής appears in the Greek Septuagint — 7 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Ecclesiastes 1:1 ἐκκλησιαστής The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 ἐκκλησιαστής Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 1:12 ἐκκλησιαστής I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 7:27 ἐκκλησιαστής And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, who has a band in her hands: he that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
- Ecclesiastes 12:8 ἐκκλησιαστής Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9 ἐκκλησιαστής And because the Preacher was wise above others, so it was that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.
- Ecclesiastes 12:10 ἐκκλησιαστής The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, even words of truth.
About this word
About this word
ἐκκλησιαστής (ekklēsiastḗs), “preacher, assembler,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 7 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
