Bible Verse Dictionary
Ezekiel 17:2 - Riddle
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
