Ezekiel 20:23
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
זָרָה
zârâh
to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →מִדְבָּר midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Study H4057 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →Cross References
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
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