Ezekiel 11:3
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אַגְמוֹן
ʼagmôwn
a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushes
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Key Terms in This Verse
אַגְמוֹן ʼagmôwn
a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushes
Study H100 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
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