Ezekiel 23:4
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
אׇהֳלָה
ʼOhŏlâh
Oholah, a symbolic name for Samaria
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
אׇהֳלִיבָה
ʼOhŏlîybâh
Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
שֹׁמְרוֹן
Shômᵉrôwn
Shomeron, a place in Palestine
אׇהֳלָה
ʼOhŏlâh
Oholah, a symbolic name for Samaria
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
אׇהֳלִיבָה
ʼOhŏlîybâh
Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah
Key Terms in This Verse
שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →Cross References
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Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto G...
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall mak...
They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house ...
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
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