Ezekiel 16:7
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
צֶמַח
tsemach
a sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative
מוּךְ
mûwk
to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יַתִּיר
yattîyr
preeminent; as an adverb, very
עֲדִי
ʻădîy
finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall
שַׁד
shad
the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
צוּר
tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
רְבָה
rᵉbâh
{to increase (in whatever respect)}
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
עָרוֹם
ʻârôwm
nude, either partially or totally
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Key Terms in This Verse
צוּר tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Study H6696 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →Cross References
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters...
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enem...
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh...
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
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