Bible Encyclopedias
Event

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ē̇ -vent ´: In Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 9:2 , Ecclesiastes 9:3 , the translation of מקרה , miḳreh , "what happens," "lot," "fate." The English word bore this sense at the time of the King James Version. The meaning of "result," "outcome" (ἐκβάσεις , ekbáseis ), attaches to it in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:8, "events of seasons," the Revised Version (British and American) "issues.»