Lexical Definition

‎קֹהֶלֶת‎ qôheleth (ko-heh'-leth) preacher ^H:N-M
feminine of active participle from ‎קָהַל‎

preacher.

• a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer)
• abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth)

1) collector (of sentences), preacher, public speaker, speaker in an assembly, Qoheleth

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קֹהֶ֫לֶת‎, ( ‎קוֺהֶ֫לֶת‎ Eccl 12:8) noun masculine^{Eccl 1:2} collector (of sentences), or (AV RV) preacher (concionator Jerome: ἐκκλησιαστής ᵐ5 (member of an ἐκκλησία); feminine either of office, Ges^{«GKC:122r»§ 122r} De Now Che, compare ‎סֹפֶרֶת‎ Ezra 2:55 , Khalif; German Majestät, Excellenz; or as in Arabic with intensive force, one realizing the idea in its completeness (compare great collector, deep investigator (formed like ‎קֹהֶלֶת‎), W^{AG i. § 233 R. c.} see Dr^{Intr. 466}; RVm great orator): hence either convener, or great collector (of sentences), compare ‎בַּעֲלֵי אֲסֻפּוֺת‎ Eccl 12:11, ‎למעא דברי חפץ‎ ‎׳‎‎בקּשׁ ק‎ vEccl 12:10 (but Kö^{Einl. 428} Dr^l.c. and others speaker in assembly, Plumptre debater)); — ‎׳‎‎ק‎ a king in Jerusalem, son of David, probably = Solomon, the pseudonym of book of Ecclesiastes: Eccl 1:1, vEccl 1:2 (apposition of ‎אֲנִי‎), called ‎חכם‎ Eccl 12:9 compare vEccl 12:10 ‎׳‎‎אמר ק‎ Eccl 1:2, ‎׳‎‎אמר הק‎ Eccl 12:8 = Eccl 7:27 for ᵑ0 ‎׳‎‎אמרה ק‎.

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