Ezekiel 27:16
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲרָם
ʼĂrâm
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
סָחַר
çâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עִזָּבוֹן
ʻizzâbôwn
trade, i.e. the place (mart) or the payment (revenue)
σμάραγδος
smáragdos
the emerald or green gem so called
אַרְגָּמָן
ʼargâmân
purple (the color or the dyed stuff)
רִקְמָה
riqmâh
variegation of color; specifically, embroidery
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
בַּד
bad
flaxen thread or yarn; hence, a linen garment
רָאמָה
râʼmâh
something high in value, i.e. perhaps coral
כַּדְכֹּד
kadkôd
a sparkling gem, probably the ruby
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →סָחַר çâchar
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Study H5503 →Cross References
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children o...
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,...
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a t...
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
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