Ezekiel 23:7
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
תַּזְנוּת
taznûwth
harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
אַשּׁוּר
ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
עֲגַב
ʻăgab
to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)
גִּלּוּל
gillûwl
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
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 →טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
Study H2930 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Study H804 →Cross References
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
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.
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.
But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
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