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Ezekiel 1

Ezek. 1:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I looked
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
, and, behold, a whirlwind
ca`ar (Hebrew #5591)
from 5590; a hurricane
KJV usage: storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.
Pronounce: sah'-ar
Origin: or (feminine) ctarah {seh-aw-raw'}
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
out of the north
tsaphown (Hebrew #6828)
from 6845; properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
KJV usage: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
Pronounce: tsaw-fone'
Origin: or tsaphon {tsaw-fone'}
, a great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
cloud
`anan (Hebrew #6051)
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
KJV usage: cloud(-y).
Pronounce: aw-nawn'
Origin: from 6049
, and a fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
ηinfolding
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
itself, and a brightness
nogahh (Hebrew #5051)
brilliancy (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bright(-ness), light, (clear) shining.
Pronounce: no'-gah
Origin: from 5050
was 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'}
it, and out of the midst
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
thereof as the color
`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
of amber
chashmal (Hebrew #2830)
probably bronze or polished spectrum metal
KJV usage: amber.
Pronounce: khash-mal'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, out of the midst
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
of the fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
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η
catching.

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Amber,
Cloud,
Fire,
North,
Whirlwind

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a whirlwind.
Isa. 21:1• 1The burden of the desert of the sea. (Isa. 21:1)
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Jer. 1:13‑14• 13And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
 14Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. (Jer. 1:13‑14)
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Jer. 4:6• 6{i}Set up a banner toward Zion; take to flight, stay not! For I am bringing evil from the north, and a great destruction.{/i} (Jer. 4:6)
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Jer. 6:1• 1{i}Flee for safety, ye children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal in Beth-haccerem; for evil appeareth out of the north, and a great destruction.{/i} (Jer. 6:1)
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Jer. 23:19• 19{i}Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.{/i} (Jer. 23:19)
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Jer. 25:9,32• 9I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
 32Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. (Jer. 25:9,32)
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Hab. 1:8‑9• 8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; and they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
 9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. (Hab. 1:8‑9)
a great.
Ezek. 10:2‑4• 2And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in my sight.
 3Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
 4Then the glory of Jehovah went up from the cherub over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory. (Ezek. 10:2‑4)
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Ex. 19:16‑18• 16{i}And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.{/i}
 17{i}And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.{/i}
 18{i}And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly.{/i} (Ex. 19:16‑18)
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Ex. 24:16‑17• 16{i}And the glory of Jehovah abode on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.{/i}
 17{i}And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel.{/i} (Ex. 24:16‑17)
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Deut. 4:11‑12• 11Ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire in the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
 12And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. (Deut. 4:11‑12)
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2 Chron. 5:13‑14• 13{i}—it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness endureth forever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud,{/i}
 14{i}and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God.{/i} (2 Chron. 5:13‑14)
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2 Chron. 6:1• 1{i}Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.{/i} (2 Chron. 6:1)
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2 Chron. 7:1‑3• 1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
 2And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah had filled Jehovah's house.
 3And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised Jehovah, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] forever. (2 Chron. 7:1‑3)
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Psa. 18:11‑13• 11He maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies.
 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away:{HR}Hail, and coals of fire.
 13And Jehovah thundereth in the heavens,{HR}And the Most High giveth his voice;{HR}Hail and coals of fire. (Psa. 18:11‑13)
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Psa. 50:3• 3Our God will come and not be silent:{HR}A fire before him shall devour,{HR}And around him it shall be very tempestuous. (Psa. 50:3)
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Psa. 97:2‑3• 2Cloud and darkness [are] around him,{HR}Righteousness and judgment the foundation of his throne.
 3A fire goeth before him,{HR}And burneth up his foes round about. (Psa. 97:2‑3)
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Psa. 104:3‑4• 3Who frameth his chambers in the waters,{HR}Who maketh clouds his chariot (vehicle),{HR}Who walketh on wings of wind;
 4Making his angels spirits,{HR}His ministers a flaming fire. (Psa. 104:3‑4)
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Isa. 19:1• 1The burden of Egypt. (Isa. 19:1)
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Nah. 1:3‑6• 3Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
 4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
 5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
 6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. (Nah. 1:3‑6)
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Hab. 3:3‑5• 3God came from Teman,
 4And his brightness was as the sunlight;
 5Before him went the pestilence, (Hab. 3:3‑5)
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Heb. 12:29• 29For also our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:29)
infolding itself.
Heb. catching itself.
colour.
Ezek. 1:27• 27{i}And I saw as the look of glowing brass, as the appearance of fire, within it round about; from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.{/i} (Ezek. 1:27)
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Ezek. 8:2• 2Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. (Ezek. 8:2)
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Ezek. 10:8‑9• 8And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
 9And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. (Ezek. 10:8‑9)
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Rev. 1:15• 15and his feet like fine brass, as glowing in a furnace; and his voice as a voice of many waters: (Rev. 1:15)
• It is fire... which characterizes the display of His destructive judgment as the God of heaven. (“Notes on Ezekiel 1-3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itselff, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the look of glowing brassg, out of the midst of the fire.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "mingled," as Ex. 9.24.
g
An unknown substance; some think a mixture of gold and silver. so in ver. 27; and ch. 8.2; see Rev. 1.15.

W. Kelly Translation

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And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.