Ecclesiastes

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Etymology

From Latin Ecclesiastes, from Ancient Greek Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastḗs) according to the Septuagint. The Greek word is a loan translation of Hebrew קֹהֶלֶת, from Hebrew קָהָל.

Proper noun

Ecclesiastes

(biblical) A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Synonyms: Preacher, (abbreviation) Eccl., (abbreviation) Eccles.

Related terms

ecclesia, ecclesiast, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, ecclesiology

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Prediker (af)
Albanian: Predikuesi
Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠَﺎﻣِﻌَﺔ (ar) f
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)
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: 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, 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
Malayalam: സഭാപ്രസംഗകൻ (sabhāprasaṅgakaṉ)
Maltese: Ktieb Qoħelet (mt)
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)
Upper Sorbian: Prědar m
Urdu: کتاب واعظ
Vietnamese: Giảng Sư
Waray-Waray: Ecclesiastes
Welsh: Pregethwr (cy) m
West Frisian: Preker n
Western Panjabi: کتاب واعظ
Yoruba: Oníwàásù
Zealandic: Prediker