Ezekiel 34:6
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
תָּעָה
tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
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...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
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)
תּוּר
tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּעָה tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Study H8582 →תּוּר tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
Study H8446 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →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)
Study H376 →Cross References
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da...
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; ...
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