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Slav. Corrected in accordance with the Decree. vulg. corriguntur, and according to Gr. kosmhqÁnai (Alex.) or ™pikosmhqÁtai (Vat. and others) — to be considered beautiful, to adorn oneself.

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G. Østšrhma - Slav. deprivation, lacking, absent.

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"Cannot be numbered among what is." Grigory Nys. After the report from 7:30, where the sins of people are recognized as the source and cause of the appearance in the world of vanity and deprivation of "righteousness (eÙqÁ)" and it is possible to see here an indication of sin, which brought "distortion" into the world. Therefore, it is in vain to try to find order and beauty in this "insane asylum" (Arch. Innocent).

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Ezhe reshchi.

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Kings and princes (I. Joshua 12:10), who ruled in Jerusalem, including Melchizedek (B. 14:18) and his successors.

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The heart in the book of Ecclesiastes, as in Proverbs (18:4. 16. 20, 5. 24:6) and in Job (38:2), it is used in the meaning: mind, reason, reason, and in general means an intellectual faculty, and not an organ of feeling (Ecclesiastes 10:3).

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G. ™pist"mhn - Slav. cunning, faith, the art of "accurate" exposition of thoughts (12:12-14, Prov. 1:5).

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G. ¥lghma - Slav. bolezn, synod. sorrow. This refers to the knowledge of the "crooked" (v. 15) world, to enter into faith in God and His Providence. True and useful, according to Ecclesiastes, knowledge is this: fear God and keep His commandments, in this everything is for man (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). Thus are the beginning and the end of the book of Ecclesiastes united!

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G. deàro — come, we use the synod. lane.

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