Ezekiel 22:12

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD."

Word-by-Word Analysis

In thee have they

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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מַתָּנָה

mattânâh

H4979

a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe

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to

שָׁפַךְ

shâphak

H8210

to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc....

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דָּם

dâm

H1818

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...

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thou hast

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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נֶשֶׁךְ

neshek

H5392

interest on a debt

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and

תְּבוּאָה

tᵉbûwʼâh

H8393

income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)

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and thou hast

תַּאֲוָה

taʼăvâh

H8378

a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)

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בָּצַע

bâtsaʻ

H1214

figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop

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of thy

שָׁכֵן

shâkên

H7934

a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen

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by

חָמֵץ

châmêts

H2557

ferment, (figuratively) extortion

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and hast

שָׁכַח

shâkach

H7911

to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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me

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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Key Terms in This Verse

extortion H2557

חָמֵץ châmêts

ferment, (figuratively) extortion

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greedily H8378

תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh

a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)

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gained H1214

בָּצַע bâtsaʻ

figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop

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neighbours H7934

שָׁכֵן shâkên

a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen

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usury H5392

נֶשֶׁךְ neshek

interest on a debt

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forgotten H7911

שָׁכַח shâkach

to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

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shed H8210

שָׁפַךְ shâphak

to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out

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gifts H4979

מַתָּנָה mattânâh

a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe

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increase H8393

תְּבוּאָה tᵉbûwʼâh

income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)

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taken H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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Cross References

Ezekiel 23:35 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Deuteronomy 27:25 cross-reference

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 23:19 cross-reference

Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

Ezekiel 18:8 cross-reference

He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

Psalm 15:5 cross-reference

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Jeremiah 2:32 cross-reference

Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Psalm 106:21 cross-reference

They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

Ezekiel 18:13 cross-reference

Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

Deuteronomy 16:19 cross-reference

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Isaiah 56:11 cross-reference

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Jeremiah 3:21 cross-reference

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

Matthew 23:25 cross-reference

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

1 Timothy 3:3 cross-reference

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

Proverbs 1:19 cross-reference

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

1 Corinthians 6:10 cross-reference

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 5:11 cross-reference

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one n...

Luke 3:13 cross-reference

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

Nehemiah 5:7 cross-reference

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Deuteronomy 32:18 cross-reference

Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

Luke 18:11 cross-reference

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Jude 1:11 cross-reference

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Luke 19:8 cross-reference

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Matthew 23:13 cross-reference

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Leviticus 19:13 cross-reference

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Isaiah 1:23 cross-reference

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

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