קֹהֶלֶת
qōhelet
collector
Strong's H6953NounHebrewTWOT 1991c

קֹהֶלֶת (qōhelet) is a Hebrew noun meaning collector. It appears 7 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6953).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1991c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1991c)collector, preacher; assembler, preaching
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

קֹהֶ֫לֶת noun, masculine: collector, preacher

(קוֹהֶ֫לֶת) noun, masculine collector (of sentences), or preacher

Strong's H6953 קֹהֶלֶת: a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching (used as a 'nom de plume', Koheleth)
KJV:preacher.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1991: קָהַל qāhal — assemble as a; summon an assembly; convoke, assemble; gather, gather together

See it in Scripture

Ecclesiastes 1:1

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