Ezekiel 8:16

Old Testament • 28 words with Strong's data

"And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And he

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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me into the

פְּנִימִי

pᵉnîymîy

H6442

interior

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חָצֵר

châtsêr

H2691

a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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and

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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at the

פֶּתַח

pethach

H6607

an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way

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of the

הֵיכָל

hêykâl

H1964

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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בֵּין

bêyn

H996

between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

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the

אוּלָם

ʼûwlâm

H197

a vestibule (as bound to the building)

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and the

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach

H4196

an altar

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were

סָבִיב

çâbîyb

H5439

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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חָמֵשׁ

châmêsh

H2568

five

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and

עֶשְׂרִים

ʻesrîym

H6242

twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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with their

עֹרֶף

ʻôreph

H6203

the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)

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דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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the

הֵיכָל

hêykâl

H1964

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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and their

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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the

קָדִים

qâdîym

H6921

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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and they

שָׁחָה

shâchâh

H7812

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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the

שֶׁמֶשׁ

shemesh

H8121

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

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דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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the

קָדִים

qâdîym

H6921

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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Key Terms in This Verse

backs H6203

עֹרֶף ʻôreph

the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)

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inner H6442

פְּנִימִי pᵉnîymîy

interior

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porch H197

אוּלָם ʼûwlâm

a vestibule (as bound to the building)

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worshipped H7812

שָׁחָה shâchâh

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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faces H6440

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 preposition (before, etc.)

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court H2691

חָצֵר châtsêr

a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

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east H6921

קָדִים qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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east H6921

קָדִים qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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sun H8121

שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

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door H6607

פֶּתַח pethach

an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19 cross-reference

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD...

Deuteronomy 17:3 cross-reference

And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

Jeremiah 32:33 cross-reference

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Jeremiah 2:27 cross-reference

Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, a...

Ezekiel 11:1 cross-reference

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the ...

Ezekiel 43:5 cross-reference

So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.

Joel 2:17 cross-reference

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over...

Jeremiah 44:17 cross-reference

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, ou...

2 Kings 23:11 cross-reference

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and bur...

Ezekiel 23:35 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Ezekiel 45:19 cross-reference

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner co...

2 Chronicles 29:6 cross-reference

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their...

2 Kings 16:14 cross-reference

And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.

2 Kings 23:5 cross-reference

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned i...

Ezekiel 10:3 cross-reference

Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

Ezekiel 40:28 cross-reference

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

1 Kings 8:29 cross-reference

That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall mak...

2 Chronicles 7:7 cross-reference

Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomo...

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