Ezekiel 26:4
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
פִּנָּה
pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
קָצָה
qâtsâh
to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy; (partially) to scrape off
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
צוּר
tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָצָה qâtsâh
to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy; (partially) to scrape off
Study H7096 →פִּנָּה pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
Study H6438 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →צוּר tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
Study H6697 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →Cross References
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and th...
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
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