Ezekiel 38:21
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
חֶרֶב
chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
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)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
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...
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)
חֶרֶב
chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →חֶרֶב chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Study H2719 →חֶרֶב chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Study H2719 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →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
And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their ri...
Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeh...
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destr...
And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
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