Ecclesiastes 3:5
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A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

to cast

Joshua 4:3-9 And command them to take out of the midst of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests stood, twelve very hard stones, which you shall set in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents this night. . . .

Joshua 10:27 And when the sun was down, he commanded the soldiers to take them down from the gibbets. And after they were taken down, they cast them into the cave, where they had lain hid, and put great stones at the mouth thereof, which remain until this day.

2 Samuel 18:17,18 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and they laid an exceeding great heap of stones upon him: but all Israel fled to their own dwellings. . . .

2 Kings 3:25 And they destroyed the cities: And they filled every goodly field, every man casting his stone: and they stopt up all the springs of waters: and cut down all the trees that bore fruit, so that brick walls only remained: and the city was beset by the slingers, and a great part thereof destroyed.

a time to embrace

Exodus 19:15 He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.

1 Samuel 21:4,5 And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women? . . .

Songs 2:6,7 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me. . . .

Joel 2:16 Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bridal chamber.

1 Corinthians 7:5 Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

refrain from

Context
To Everything There is a Season
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. 5A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.6A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

Lexicon
a time
עֵ֚ת (‘êṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when

to cast away
לְהַשְׁלִ֣יךְ (lə·haš·lîḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7993: To throw out, down, away

stones
אֲבָנִ֔ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

and a time
וְעֵ֖ת (wə·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when

to gather
כְּנ֣וֹס (kə·nō·ws)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3664: To collect, to enfold

stones [together],
אֲבָנִ֑ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

a time
עֵ֣ת (‘êṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when

to embrace
לַחֲב֔וֹק (la·ḥă·ḇō·wq)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2263: To clasp, embrace

and a time
וְעֵ֖ת (wə·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when

to refrain
לִרְחֹ֥ק (lir·ḥōq)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7368: To be or become far or distant

from embracing,
מֵחַבֵּֽק׃ (mê·ḥab·bêq)
Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2263: To clasp, embrace


Additional Translations
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
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