Ezekiel 22:27
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
טָרַף
ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
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....
דָּם
dâm
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...
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
בֶּצַע
betsaʻ
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
בֶּצַע
betsaʻ
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
Key Terms in This Verse
טָרַף ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Study H2963 →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
Study H8210 →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 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →Cross References
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
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.
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many w...
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