Ezekiel 31:8
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
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...
סָתַר
çâthar
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
בְּרוֹשׁ
bᵉrôwsh
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
עַרְמוֹן
ʻarmôwn
the plane tree (from its smooth and shed bark)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
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)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
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...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּרוֹשׁ bᵉrôwsh
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
Study H1265 →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)
Study H7070 →Cross References
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,...
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
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...
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...
To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of t...
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,...
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
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