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Ecclesiastes is a phonetic transliteration of the Greek word Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklēsiastēs), which in the Septuagint translates the Hebrew name of its stated author, Kohelet (קֹהֶלֶת).
A Latin quote from Ecclesiastes 1:2 is shown as engraved in the cup at the top of the jester's staff on the right: 'Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas' ("Vanity of vanities, all is vanity") and below the map is a text taken from the Vulgate translation of Ecclesiastes 1:15: 'Stultorum infinitus est numerus' [17] ("The number of fools is infinite").
Some depictions of vanity include scrolls that read Omnia Vanitas ("All is Vanity”), a quotation from the Latin translation of the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes. [6] Although the term vanitas (Latin, "emptiness") originally meant not obsession by one's appearance, but the ultimate fruitlessness of humankind's efforts in this world, the phrase ...
The Preacher declares: there is nothing new under the sun and all is vanity. People: David - God. Places: Jerusalem, Israel. Related Articles: Vanity - Wisdom - Knowledge - Insanity. English Text: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Wikisource - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - Wycliffe
The word vanitas comes from Latin and means vanity. In this context, vanity means pointlessness, or futility, not to be confused with the other definition of vanity. Vanity is referenced in the Hebrew Bible in Ecclesiastes 12:8, "Vanity of Vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity".
The title is also a pun, as this type of dressing-table is also known as a vanity. The phrase "All is vanity" comes from Ecclesiastes 1:2 ("Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.") [1] It refers to the vanity and pride of humans. In art, vanity has long been represented as a woman preoccupied with her beauty.
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"Vanity of vanities, and everything is vanity." Ecclesiastes 1:2 Silver medal from the 2004 Summer Olympics, with a quote from Pindar Μᾶτερ ὦ χρυσοστεφάνων ἀέθλων, Οὐλυμπία, δέσποιν᾽ ἀλαθείας. Mater ō chrysostephanōn aethlōn, Oulympia, despoin' alatheias