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Ecclesiastes 2

Eccl. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For there is no remembrance
zikrown (Hebrew #2146)
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
KJV usage: memorial, record.
Pronounce: zik-rone'
Origin: from 2142
v of the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
more than
`im (Hebrew #5973)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
KJV usage: accompanying, against, and, as (X long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).
Pronounce: eem
Origin: from 6004
of the fool
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
; seeing that which now
kbar (Hebrew #3528)
properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
KJV usage: already, (seeing that which), now.
Pronounce: keb-awr'
Origin: from 3527
is in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
to come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
shall all be forgotten
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
. And how dieth
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
x the wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
man? as the fool
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
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Ex. 1:6,8• 6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
 8And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. (Ex. 1:6,8)
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Heb. 9:27• 27And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment; (Heb. 9:27)

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Cross References

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there is.
Eccl. 1:11• 11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards. (Eccl. 1:11)
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Ex. 1:6,8• 6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
 8And there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. (Ex. 1:6,8)
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Psa. 88:12• 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? (Psa. 88:12)
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Psa. 103:16• 16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more. (Psa. 103:16)
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Mal. 3:16• 16Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name. (Mal. 3:16)
how.
Eccl. 6:8• 8For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? (Eccl. 6:8)
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2 Sam. 3:33• 33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth? (2 Sam. 3:33)
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Psa. 49:10• 10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others. (Psa. 49:10)
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Heb. 9:27• 27And forasmuch as it is the portion of men once to die, and after this judgment; (Heb. 9:27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?