Ezekiel 44:8
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
mishmereth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (ab...
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
mishmereth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (ab...
מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdâsh
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
Study H4931 →מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
Study H4931 →מִקְדָּשׁ miqdâsh
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
Study H4720 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LOR...
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of g...
I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
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