傳道書/传道书 {chuan2-dao4-shu1}
Old Testament – Wisdom Books
Slow down for this: [ih-klee-zi-AS-teez]
Or, start with “easy as tees”, then “ecleasy as tees”
Ecclesiastes comes from the Greek word, Ἐκκλησιαστής, which translates the Hebrew title of this book, קֹהֶלֶת (qoheleth). All of them mean “the Preacher” or “傳道 {chuan2-dao4}”.
Here’s something fun, if you take the first 8 letters from Ἐκκλησιαστής, you get ἐκκλησία, which is Greek for “church” or “assembly“. This is no coincidence, because ἐκκλησία in the literal sense means “calling out”, which characterizes a preacher, a church, or an assembly.