Ezekiel 8:3
Old Testament • 28 words with Strong's data
"And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
תַּבְנִית
tabnîyth
structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
צִיצִת
tsîytsith
a floral or wing-like projection, i.e. a forelock of hair, a tassel
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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...
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
פָּנָה
pânâh
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
צָפוֹן
tsâphôwn
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
כַּפֹּרֶת
kappôreth
a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)
English grammatical function word ('provoketh'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivale...
Key Terms in This Verse
צִיצִת tsîytsith
a floral or wing-like projection, i.e. a forelock of hair, a tassel
Study H6734 →English grammatical function word ('provoketh'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are ...
Study GRAM →Cross References
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
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 ...
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither s...
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them ...
For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th...
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them t...
(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of...
Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:...
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealou...
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
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.
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
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