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Ezekiel 1

Ezek. 1:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth
shlowshiym (Hebrew #7970)
multiple of 7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
KJV usage: thirty, thirtieth. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shel-o-sheem'
Origin: or shloshiym {shel-o-sheem'}
year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
, in the fourth
rbiy`iy (Hebrew #7243)
from 7251; fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
KJV usage: foursquare, fourth (part).
Pronounce: reb-ee-ee'
Origin: or rbiiy {reb-ee-ee'}
month, in the fifth
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
day of the month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
, as I was among
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
the βcaptives
gowlah (Hebrew #1473)
active participle feminine of 1540; exile; concretely and collectively exiles
KJV usage: (carried away), captive(-ity), removing.
Pronounce: go-law'
Origin: or (shortened) golah {go-law'}
by the river
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
of Chebar
Kbar (Hebrew #3529)
length; Kebar, a river of Mesopotamia
KJV usage: Chebar. Compare 2249.
Pronounce: keb-awr'
Origin: the same as 3528
c, that the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; 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 revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
were opened
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
d, and I saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
visions
mar'ah (Hebrew #4759)
a vision; also (causatively) a mirror
KJV usage: looking glass, vision.
Pronounce: mar-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4758
e of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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captivity.
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Ezek. 3:15,23• 15{i}And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I sat there astonied among them seven days.{/i}
 23{i}And I arose, and went forth into the valley, and behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.{/i} (Ezek. 3:15,23)
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Rev. 19:11• 11And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. (Rev. 19:11)
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Ezek. 8:3• 3And 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. (Ezek. 8:3)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar.
4-14:  His vision of four cherubims;
15-25:  of the four wheels;
26-28:  and of the glory of God.
in the thirtieth.
Num. 4:3• 3{i}from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.{/i} (Num. 4:3)
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Luke 3:23• 23And Jesus himself was at his outset about thirty years old; (being as was supposed son of Joseph); {i}of Eli,{/i} (Luke 3:23)
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Eccl. 9:1‑2• 1For all this I laid to my heart,{HR}Even to explore all this,{HR}That the righteous, and the wise,{HR}And their works, are in the hand of God:{HR}Whether it be love or hatred,{HR}Man knoweth it not; all is before them.
 2All things [come] alike to all:{HR}There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked;{HR}To the good, and to the clean and to the unclean;{HR}To him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not:{HR}As is the good, so is the sinner;{HR}He that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. (Eccl. 9:1‑2)
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Jer. 24:5‑7• 5Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
 6For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
 7And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. (Jer. 24:5‑7)
captives.
Heb. captivity.
by the river.
Ezek. 1:3• 3the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him. (Ezek. 1:3)
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Ezek. 3:15,23• 15{i}And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I sat there astonied among them seven days.{/i}
 23{i}And I arose, and went forth into the valley, and behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.{/i} (Ezek. 3:15,23)
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Ezek. 10:15,20,22• 15And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
 20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim.
 22And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. (Ezek. 10:15,20,22)
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Ezek. 43:3• 3And [it was] according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions [were] like the visions that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. (Ezek. 43:3)
Chebar.Chebar, called now Khabour, is a river of Mesopotamia, which taking its rise in the Mysian mountains, falls into the Euphrates near Carchemish, or Circesioum, now Karkisia, about 35 degrees 20' N. lat. and 40 degrees 25' E. long.the heavens.
Matt. 3:16• 16{i}And Jesus, having been baptized, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:{/i} (Matt. 3:16)
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Luke 3:21• 21And it came to pass all the people having been baptized, and Jesus having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, (Luke 3:21)
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John 1:51• 51And he saith to him, Verily, verily, I say to you [Henceforth] ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. (John 1:51)
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Acts 7:56• 56and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God. (Acts 7:56)
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Acts 10:11• 11and he beholdeth the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending as a great sheet by four corners let down upon the earth (Acts 10:11)
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Rev. 4:1• 1After these things I saw, and, behold, a door opened in the heaven; and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet talking with me said, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass after these. (Rev. 4:1)
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Rev. 19:11• 11And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. (Rev. 19:11)
I saw.
Ezek. 8:3• 3And 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. (Ezek. 8:3)
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Ezek. 11:24• 24Then 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. (Ezek. 11:24)
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Gen. 15:1• 1After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision{i}, saying,{/i} Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (Gen. 15:1)
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Gen. 46:2• 2And God spoke to Israel in the night visions and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here [am] I. (Gen. 46:2)
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Num. 12:6• 6And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. (Num. 12:6)
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Isa. 1:1• 1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. (Isa. 1:1)
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Dan. 8:1‑2• 1{i}In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared unto me, even to me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.{/i}
 2{i}And I saw in the vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was in the fortress of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam.{/i} And I saw in a vision, and was by the river of Ulai. (Dan. 8:1‑2)
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Hos. 12:10• 10{i}And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.{/i} (Hos. 12:10)
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Joel 2:28• 28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: (Joel 2:28)
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Matt. 17:9• 9{i}And as they descended from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man be risen up from among [the] dead.{/i} (Matt. 17:9)
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Acts 9:10‑12• 10Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold I [am here], Lord.
 11And the Lord [said] unto him, Rise up, and go to the lane that is called Straight, and seek in Judas' house one of Tarsus named Saul; for behold he prayeth
 12and hath seen in a vision a a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hands b on him, so that he might receive his sight. (Acts 9:10‑12)
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Acts 10:3• 3saw in a vision manifestly about ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in unto him and saying to him, Cornelius. (Acts 10:3)
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2 Cor. 12:1• 1I must needs boast; though it be not profitable, yet I will come unto visions and revelations of [the] Lord. (2 Cor. 12:1)
• He had raised up the Gentile empires and made His people Lo-ammi. Ezekiel was one of those carried into captivity in the subsequent reign of Jehoiakin, son of Jehoiakim, when the king of Babylon swept away all the better sort from the land and our prophet among the rest. There remained but one step lower, the calamitous reign of Zedekiah. (“Notes on Ezekiel: Introduction” by W. Kelly)
• The opening of the heavens was in judgment of Israel's iniquity. (“Notes on Ezekiel 1-3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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cNow it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the captivesd by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

JND Translation Notes

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(The title of this book, "Ezekiel"), Meaning, "Strength of God."
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Lit. "captivity."

W. Kelly Translation

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Nowa it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

WK Translation Notes

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[Verses in italics are supplied from the JND version]

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)