Ecclesiastes 3:1
Strong's Lexicon
To everything
לַכֹּ֖ל (lak·kōl)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

there is a season,
זְמָ֑ן (zə·mān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2165: 1) a set time, appointed time, time

and a time
וְעֵ֥ת (wə·‘êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6256: 1) time 1a) time (of an event) 1b) time (usual) 1c) experiences, fortunes 1d) occurrence, occasion

for every
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

purpose
חֵ֖פֶץ (ḥê·p̄eṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2656: 1) delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight

under
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

heaven:
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8064: 1) heaven, heavens, sky 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Young's Literal Translation
To everything—a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven:

New American Standard Bible
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--

King James Bible
To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

New Living Translation
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.

English Standard Version
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

New American Standard Bible
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--

King James Bible
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven:

International Standard Version
There is a season for everything, and a time for every event under heaven:

NET Bible
For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:

American Standard Version
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

English Revised Version
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Young's Literal Translation
To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
















Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Ecclesiastes 8:6
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:25
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

Ecclesiastes 3:3
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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