Ezekiel 23:19
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
תַּזְנוּת
taznûwth
harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry
מִקְרָא
miqrâʼ
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
זֵכֶר
zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
נָעוּר
nâʻûwr
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
שָׂחַק
sâchaq
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
זָנָה
zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂחַק sâchaq
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Study H7832 →מִקְרָא miqrâʼ
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
Study H4744 →זָנָה zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...
Study H2181 →זֵכֶר zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
Study H2143 →נָעוּר nâʻûwr
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
Study H5271 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →Cross References
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
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.
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
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