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Ezekiel 16

Ezek. 16:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have μcaused
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thee to multiply
rbabah (Hebrew #7233)
abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)
KJV usage: many, million, X multiply, ten thousand.
Pronounce: reb-aw-baw'
Origin: from 7231
z as the bud
tsemach (Hebrew #6780)
a sprout (usually concrete), literal or figurative
KJV usage: branch, bud, that which (where) grew (upon), spring(-ing).
Pronounce: tseh'-makh
Origin: from 6779
of the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
, and thou hast increased
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
and waxen great
gadal (Hebrew #1431)
properly, to twist (compare 1434), i.e. to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
KJV usage: advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to...estate, + things), grow(up),increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
Pronounce: gaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and thou art come
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
to νexcellent
`adiy (Hebrew #5716)
finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall
KJV usage: X excellent, mouth, ornament.
Pronounce: ad-ee'
Origin: from 5710 in the sense of trappings
ornaments
`adiy (Hebrew #5716)
finery; generally an outfit; specifically, a headstall
KJV usage: X excellent, mouth, ornament.
Pronounce: ad-ee'
Origin: from 5710 in the sense of trappings
: thy breasts
shad (Hebrew #7699)
probably from 7736 (in its original sense) contracted; the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
KJV usage: breast, pap, teat.
Pronounce: shad
Origin: or shod {shode}
a are fashioned
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
, and thine hair
se`ar (Hebrew #8181)
from 8175 in the sense of dishevelling; hair (as if tossed or bristling)
KJV usage: hair(-y), X rough.
Pronounce: say-awr'
Origin: or sa.ar (Isaiah 7:20) {sah'-ar}
is grown
tsamach (Hebrew #6779)
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Pronounce: tsaw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
, whereas thou wast naked
`eyrom (Hebrew #5903)
from 6191; nudity
KJV usage: naked(- ness).
Pronounce: ay-rome'
Origin: or merom {ay-rome'}
and bare
`eryah (Hebrew #6181)
nudity
KJV usage: bare, naked, X quite.
Pronounce: er-yaw'
Origin: for 6172
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made thee a million.
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Ex. 1:7• 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. (Ex. 1:7)
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Deut. 1:10• 10The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (Deut. 1:10)
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ornament of.
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Song of Sol. 4:5• 5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. (Song of Sol. 4:5)

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Breasts,
Hair,
Naked,
Ornaments

Cross References

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caused, etc.
Heb. made thee a million.
Gen. 22:17• 17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Gen. 22:17)
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Ex. 1:7• 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. (Ex. 1:7)
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Ex. 12:37• 37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. (Ex. 12:37)
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Acts 7:17• 17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, (Acts 7:17)
excellent ornaments.
Heb. ornament of ornaments.
Ezek. 16:10‑13,16• 10I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
 11I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
 12And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
 13Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
 16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colors, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. (Ezek. 16:10‑13,16)
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Ex. 3:22• 22But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. (Ex. 3:22)
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Deut. 1:10• 10The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (Deut. 1:10)
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Deut. 4:8• 8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? (Deut. 4:8)
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Deut. 32:10‑14• 10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
 11As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
 12So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
 13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
 14Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. (Deut. 32:10‑14)
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Deut. 33:26‑29• 26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
 27The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
 28Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
 29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. (Deut. 33:26‑29)
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Neh. 9:18‑25• 18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
 19Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go.
 20Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
 21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
 22Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
 23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
 24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
 25And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. (Neh. 9:18‑25)
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Psa. 135:4• 4For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. (Psa. 135:4)
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Psa. 147:20• 20He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 147:20)
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Psa. 148:14• 14He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 148:14)
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Psa. 149:2‑4• 2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
 3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
 4For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. (Psa. 149:2‑4)
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Isa. 61:10• 10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. (Isa. 61:10)
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Isa. 62:3• 3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. (Isa. 62:3)
whereas.
Ezek. 16:22• 22And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. (Ezek. 16:22)
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Job 1:21• 21And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. (Job 1:21)
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Song of Sol. 4:5• 5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. (Song of Sol. 4:5)
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Hos. 2:3,9‑10• 3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
 9Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
 10And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. (Hos. 2:3,9‑10)
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Rev. 3:17‑18• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:17‑18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I caused thee to multiplya, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beautyb; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.

JND Translation Notes

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a
Or "made thee into myriads."
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Lit. "to the ornament of ornaments."