Ezekiel 28:13
Old Testament • 23 words with Strong's data
"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 gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
יָקָר
yâqâr
valuable (objectively or subjectively)
מִכְסֶה
mikçeh
a covering, i.e. weatherboarding
אֹדֶם
ʼôdem
redness, i.e. the ruby, garnet, or some other red gem
יַהֲלֹם
yahălôm
a precious stone, probably onyx
שֹׁהַם
shôham
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
יָשְׁפֵה
yâshᵉphêh
a gem supposed to be jasper (from the resemblance in name)
סַפִּיר
çappîyr
a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphire
בָּרֶקֶת
bâreqeth
a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emerald
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
מְלָאכָה
mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
בָּרָא
bârâʼ
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשְׁפֵה yâshᵉphêh
a gem supposed to be jasper (from the resemblance in name)
Study H3471 →מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
Study H4399 →Cross References
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
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.
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, t...
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egy...
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
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