περισπασμός
distraction, occupation
Where this word appears
Every passage where περισπασμός appears in the Greek Septuagint — 8 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 1:13 περισπασμός And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 περισπασμός For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 περισπασμός For God has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 3:10 περισπασμός I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 περισπασμός There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 περισπασμός For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 περισπασμός And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 περισπασμός Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, and to perceive the trouble that was wrought upon the earth: for there is that neither by day nor night sees sleep with his eyes.
About this word
About this word
περισπασμός (perispasmós), “distraction, occupation,” 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 8 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 →