Ezekiel 18:32
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָצָה
râtsâh
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, ...
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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