Ezekiel 31:3

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs."

Word-by-Word Analysis

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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the

אַשּׁוּר

ʼAshshûwr

H804

Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

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was a

אֶרֶז

ʼerez

H730

a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)

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in

לְבָנוֹן

Lᵉbânôwn

H3844

Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

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with

יָפֶה

yâpheh

H3303

beautiful (literally or figuratively)

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קָנֶה

qâneh

H7070

a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)

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and with a

צָלַל

tsâlal

H6751

to shade, as twilight or an opaque object

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חֹרֶשׁ

chôresh

H2793

a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)

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and of an

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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קוֹמָה

qôwmâh

H6967

height

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and his

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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was

תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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the

עָבֹת

ʻâbôth

H5687

intwined, i.e. dense

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עָנָף

ʻânâph

H6057

a twig (as covering the limbs)

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Key Terms in This Verse

shroud H2793

חֹרֶשׁ chôresh

a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material for fabric)

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shadowing H6751

צָלַל tsâlal

to shade, as twilight or an opaque object

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Assyrian H804

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

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stature H6967

קוֹמָה qôwmâh

height

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boughs H6057

עָנָף ʻânâph

a twig (as covering the limbs)

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thick H5687

עָבֹת ʻâbôth

intwined, i.e. dense

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cedar H730

אֶרֶז ʼerez

a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)

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fair H3303

יָפֶה yâpheh

beautiful (literally or figuratively)

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Lebanon H3844

לְבָנוֹן Lᵉbânôwn

Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine

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branches H7070

קָנֶה qâneh

a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)

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Cross References

Daniel 4:10 cross-reference

Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

Judges 9:15 cross-reference

And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

Ezekiel 17:22 cross-reference

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountai...

Zephaniah 2:13 cross-reference

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

Zechariah 11:2 cross-reference

Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

Ezekiel 31:6 cross-reference

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Daniel 4:12 cross-reference

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all fles...

Isaiah 37:24 cross-reference

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars ...

Ezekiel 31:16 cross-reference

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,...

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