Grade 8: "To Everything There Is a Season"

This list covers vocabulary from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3 ("To Everything There Is a Season"), King James Version of the Old Testament.
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  1. embrace
    squeeze tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
    A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
  2. refrain
    resist doing something
    5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
  3. rend
    tear or be torn violently
    A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  4. rejoice
    feel happiness
    I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
  5. whatsoever
    one or some or every or all without specification
    I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
  6. righteousness
    the quality of adhering to moral principles
    And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
  7. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
    16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
  8. righteous
    morally justified
    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.
  9. manifest
    reveal its presence or make an appearance
    I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
  10. preeminence
    high status importance owing to marked superiority
    For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
  11. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
    19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
  12. portion
    something determined in relation to a thing that includes it
    Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Created on Fri Jul 24 13:07:36 EDT 2026 (updated Fri Aug 21 15:54:57 EDT 2026)

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