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Ezekiel 1

Ezek. 1:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As for their rings
gab (Hebrew #1354)
the back (as rounded (compare 1460 and 1479); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
KJV usage: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye)brows, nave, ring.
Pronounce: gab
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve
, they were so high
gobahh (Hebrew #1363)
elation, grandeur, arrogance
KJV usage: excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.
Pronounce: go'-bah
Origin: from 1361
a that they were dreadful
yir'ah (Hebrew #3374)
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
KJV usage: X dreadful, X exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
Pronounce: yir-aw'
Origin: feminine of 3373
; and their γrings
gab (Hebrew #1354)
the back (as rounded (compare 1460 and 1479); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
KJV usage: back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye)brows, nave, ring.
Pronounce: gab
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve
were full
male' (Hebrew #4392)
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
KJV usage: X she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: from 4390
of eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
b round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
them four
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
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Isa. 55:9• 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:9)
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or, strakes.
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Ezek. 10:12• 12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. (Ezek. 10:12)
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Prov. 15:3• 3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (Prov. 15:3)

Cross References

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they were so.
Job 37:22‑24• 22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
 23Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
 24Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart. (Job 37:22‑24)
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Psa. 77:16‑19• 16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
 17The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
 18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
 19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. (Psa. 77:16‑19)
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Psa. 97:2‑5• 2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
 3A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
 4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
 5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. (Psa. 97:2‑5)
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Isa. 55:9• 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:9)
rings.
or, stakes.
full.
Ezek. 10:12• 12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. (Ezek. 10:12)
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Prov. 15:3• 3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. (Prov. 15:3)
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Zech. 4:10• 10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth. (Zech. 4:10)
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Rev. 4:6,8• 6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
 8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (Rev. 4:6,8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.