Ezekiel 42:20
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָדַד
mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
יְרֵכָה
yᵉrêkâh
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אֲגַם
ʼăgam
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
רָחָב
râchâb
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נֶזֶר
nezer
properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaple...
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdâsh
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲגַם ʼăgam
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
Study H98 →נֶזֶר nezer
properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)
Study H5145 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →רָחָב râchâb
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
Study H7342 →מָדַד mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Study H4058 →יְרֵכָה yᵉrêkâh
properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess
Study H3411 →מִקְדָּשׁ miqdâsh
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
Study H4720 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →Cross References
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, a...
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one r...
And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst ...
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
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