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Ezekiel 17

Ezek. 17:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, put forth
chuwd (Hebrew #2330)
properly, to tie a knot, i.e. (figuratively) to propound a riddle
KJV usage: put forth.
Pronounce: khood
Origin: a primitive root
a riddle
chiydah (Hebrew #2420)
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
KJV usage: dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
Pronounce: khee-daw'
Origin: from 2330
, and speak
mashal (Hebrew #4911)
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
KJV usage: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: denominative from 4912
a parable
mashal (Hebrew #4912)
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
KJV usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: maw-shawl'
Origin: apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
unto the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Cross References

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Ezek. 20:49• 49And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? (Ezek. 20:49)
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Judg. 9:8‑15• 8The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us.
 9And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees?
 10And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, reign over us.
 11But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?
 12Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
 13And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave over the trees?
 14Then said all the trees to the thorn-bush, Come thou, reign over us.
 15And the thorn-bush said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, come, put confidence in my shadow; but if not, fire shall come out of the thorn-bush and devour the cedars of Lebanon. (Judg. 9:8‑15)
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Judg. 14:12‑19• 12And Samson said to them, Let me now propound a riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments.
 13But if ye cannot explain it to me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments. And they said to him, Propound thy riddle, that we may hear it.
 14And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days explain the riddle.
 15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may explain to us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire. Have ye invited us to impoverish us,--is it not so?
 16And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not. Thou hast propounded the riddle to the children of my people, and hast not explained it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not explained it to my father nor my mother, and shall I explain it to thee?
 17And she wept before him the seven days, while they had the feast. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that he explained it to her, for she pressed him. And she explained the riddle to the children of her people.
 18And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.
 19And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew of them thirty men, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of garments unto them that explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. (Judg. 14:12‑19)
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2 Sam. 12:1‑4• 1And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
 2The rich had very many flocks and herds;
 3but the poor man had nothing at all, but one little ewe lamb which he had bought, and was nourishing; and it grew up with him, and together with his children: it ate of his morsel, and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
 4And there came a traveller to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that had come to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him. (2 Sam. 12:1‑4)
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Hos. 12:10• 10And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes. (Hos. 12:10)
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Matt. 13:13‑14,35• 13For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
 14and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
 35so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the world's foundation. (Matt. 13:13‑14,35)
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Mark 4:33‑34• 33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,
 34but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples. (Mark 4:33‑34)
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1 Cor. 13:12• 12For we see now through a dim window obscurely, but then face to face; now I know partially, but then I shall know according as I also have been known. (1 Cor. 13:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,