Ezekiel 24:8

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered."

Word-by-Word Analysis

That it might

רִיב

rîyb

H7379

a contest (personal or legal)

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חֵמָה

chêmâh

H2534

heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

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to

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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up to

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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נְקָמָה

nᵉqâmâh

H5360

avengement, whether the act of the passion

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I have

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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her

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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upon the

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh

H7218

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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of a

צוּר

tsûwr

H6697

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

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that it should not be

כָּסָה

kâçâh

H3680

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

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Key Terms in This Verse

vengeance H5360

נְקָמָה nᵉqâmâh

avengement, whether the act of the passion

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fury H2534

חֵמָה chêmâh

heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

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top H7218

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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covered H3680

כָּסָה kâçâh

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

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rock H6697

צוּר tsûwr

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

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cause H7379

רִיב rîyb

a contest (personal or legal)

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blood H1818

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) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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take H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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come H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

Jeremiah 7:20 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and ...

Revelation 18:16 cross-reference

And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

2 Kings 22:17 cross-reference

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, a...

Jeremiah 7:18 cross-reference

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke...

1 Corinthians 4:5 cross-reference

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha...

Ezekiel 5:13 cross-reference

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my f...

Ezekiel 23:45 cross-reference

And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

2 Chronicles 34:25 cross-reference

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, a...

Matthew 7:2 cross-reference

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

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