1a) (Piel) 1a1) to seek to find 1a2) to seek to secure 1a3) to seek the face 1a4) to desire, demand 1a5) to require, exact 1a6) to ask, request 1b) (Pual) to be sought">1245 [e]   10 biq·qêš   10 בִּקֵּ֣שׁ    10 Sought   10 V‑Piel‑Perf‑3ms   10

6953 [e] qō·he·leṯ, קֹהֶ֔לֶת the Teacher N‑ms

1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)">4672 [e] lim·ṣō לִמְצֹ֖א to find Prep‑l | V‑Qal‑Inf

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1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)">1697 [e] diḇ·rê- דִּבְרֵי־ words N‑mpc

1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight">2656 [e] ḥê·p̄eṣ; חֵ֑פֶץ acceptable N‑ms

1a) (Qal) 1a1) to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on 1a2) to write down, describe in writing 1a3) to register, enrol, record 1a4) to decree 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be written 1b2) to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled 1c) (Piel) to continue writing">3789 [e] wə·ḵā·ṯūḇ וְכָת֥וּב and [what was] written Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑QalPassPrtcpl‑ms

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1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications) 1b) rightness, uprightness 1c) what is right, what is due">3476 [e] yō·šer יֹ֖שֶׁר [was] upright N‑ms

1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)">1697 [e] diḇ·rê דִּבְרֵ֥י words N‑mpc

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1) firmness, faithfulness, truth 1a) sureness, reliability 1b) stability, continuance 1c) faithfulness, reliableness 1d) truth 1d1) as spoken 1d2) of testimony and judgment 1d3) of divine instruction 1d4) truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge 1d5) true doctrine adv 2) in truth, truly">571 [e] ’ĕ·meṯ. אֱמֶֽת׃ of truth N‑fs

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and write words of truth accurately.

New American Standard Bible
The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly.

King James Bible
The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and [that which was] written [was] upright, [even] words of truth. International Standard Version
The Teacher searched to find appropriate expressions, and what is written here is right and truthful.

American Standard Version
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

Young's Literal Translation
The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.Ecclesiastes 12:10 • Ecclesiastes 12:10 NIV • Ecclesiastes 12:10 NLT • Ecclesiastes 12:10 ESV • Ecclesiastes 12:10 NASB • Ecclesiastes 12:10 KJV • Ecclesiastes 12:10 Commentaries • Ecclesiastes 12:10 Bible Apps • Ecclesiastes 12:10 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 12:10 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 12:10 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 12:10 German Bible

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