Bible Verse Dictionary
Ezekiel 17:2 - Riddle
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Son | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
of man | H120 | אָדָם |
[Noun Masculine] {ruddy} that {is} a human being (an individual or the {species} {mankind } etc.) |
put forth | H2330 | חוּד |
[Verb] properly to tie a {knot} that {is} (figuratively) to propound a riddle |
a riddle | H2420 | חִידָה |
[Noun Feminine] a puzzle; hence a {trick} {conundrum } sententious maxim |
and speak | H4911 | מָשַׁל |
[Verb] to {liken} that {is} (transitively) to use figurative language (an {allegory} {adage} song or the like); intransitively to resemble |
a parable | H4912 | מָשָׁל |
[Noun Masculine] properly a pithy {maxim} usually of a metaphorical nature; hence a simile (as an {adage} {poem} discourse) |
unto | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
the house | H1004 | בַּיִת |
[Noun Masculine] a house (in the greatest variation of {applications} especially {family} etc.) |
of Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.