Bible Verse Dictionary
Ezekiel 47:3 - Measured
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And when the man | H376 | אִישׁ |
[Noun Masculine] a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.) |
that had the line | H6957 | קַו |
[Noun Masculine] a cord (as {connecting }) especially for measuring; figuratively a rule; also a {rim} a musical string or accord |
in his hand | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
went forth | H3318 | יָצָא |
[Verb] to go (causatively bring) {out} in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} direct and proximate |
eastward | H6921 | קָדִים |
[Noun Masculine] the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially {eastward} for brevity the East wind) |
he measured | H4058 | מָדַד |
[Verb] properly to stretch; by implication to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively to be extended |
a thousand | H505 | אֶלֶף |
[Noun Masculine] hence (an ox´ s head being the first letter of the {alphabet} and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
cubits | H520 | אַמָּה |
[Noun Feminine] properly a mother (that {is} unit) of {measure} or the forearm (below the {elbow}) that {is} a cubit; also a door base (as a bond of the entrance) |
and he brought | H5674 | עָבַר |
[Verb] to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literally or figuratively; {transitively} {intransitively} intensively or causatively); specifically to cover (in copulation) |
me through the waters | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
the waters | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
were to the ankles | H657 | אֶפֶס |
[Noun Masculine] {cessation} that {is} an end (especially of the earth); often used adverbially no further; also (like H6466) the ankle (in the {dual}) as being the extremity of the leg or foot |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.