Ezra 9:2

Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For they have

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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of their

בַּת

bath

H1323

a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

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for

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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and for their

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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so that the

קֹדֶשׁ

qôdesh

H6944

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

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זֶרַע

zeraʻ

H2233

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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have

בָּלַל

bâlal

H1101

to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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with the

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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of those

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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the

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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of the

שַׂר

sar

H8269

a head person (of any rank or class)

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and

שַׂר

sar

H8269

a head person (of any rank or class)

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hath been

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh

H7218

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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in this

מַעַל

maʻal

H4604

treachery, i.e. sin

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Key Terms in This Verse

lands H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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mingled H1101

בָּלַל bâlal

to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder

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rulers H8269

שַׂר sar

a head person (of any rank or class)

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trespass H4604

מַעַל maʻal

treachery, i.e. sin

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daughters H1323

בַּת bath

a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

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princes H8269

שַׂר sar

a head person (of any rank or class)

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seed H2233

זֶרַע zeraʻ

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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chief H7218

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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taken H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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yea H432

אִלּוּ ʼillûw

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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Cross References

Exodus 34:16 cross-reference

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

Ezra 10:2 cross-reference

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hop...

Deuteronomy 7:6 cross-reference

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

Exodus 22:31 cross-reference

And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

1 Corinthians 7:14 cross-reference

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Malachi 2:15 cross-reference

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife ...

Deuteronomy 14:2 cross-reference

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

Malachi 2:11 cross-reference

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange ...

Exodus 19:6 cross-reference

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

2 Corinthians 6:14 cross-reference

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Genesis 6:2 cross-reference

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Nehemiah 13:28 cross-reference

And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

Nehemiah 13:17 cross-reference

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Isaiah 6:13 cross-reference

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance...

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