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Ezekiel 17

Ezek. 17:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it grew
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
, and became a spreading
carach (Hebrew #5628)
to extend (even to excess)
KJV usage: exceeding, hand, spread, stretch self, banish.
Pronounce: saw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
vine
gephen (Hebrew #1612)
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
KJV usage: vine, tree.
Pronounce: gheh'-fen
Origin: from an unused root meaning to bend
of low
shaphal (Hebrew #8217)
depressed, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-fawl'
Origin: from 8213
g stature
qowmah (Hebrew #6967)
height
KJV usage: X along, height, high, stature, tall.
Pronounce: ko-maw'
Origin: from 6965
, whose branches
daliyah (Hebrew #1808)
something dangling, i.e. a bough
KJV usage: branch.
Pronounce: daw-lee-yaw'
Origin: from 1802
turned
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
toward him, and the roots
sheresh (Hebrew #8328)
a root (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Pronounce: sheh'-resh
Origin: from 8327
thereof were under him: so it became a vine
gephen (Hebrew #1612)
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
KJV usage: vine, tree.
Pronounce: gheh'-fen
Origin: from an unused root meaning to bend
, and brought forth
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
branches
bad (Hebrew #905)
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
KJV usage: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Pronounce: bad
Origin: from 909
, and shot
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
forth sprigs
p'orah (Hebrew #6288)
or pu'rah {poo-raw'}; from 6286; properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green
KJV usage: bough, branch, sprig.
Pronounce: peh-o-raw'
Origin: or pora'h {po-raw'}
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Ezek. 17:14• 14that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand. (Ezek. 17:14)

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Vine; Vineyard

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Ministry on This Verse

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it grew.
Ezek. 17:14• 14that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand. (Ezek. 17:14)
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Prov. 16:18‑19• 18Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
 19Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud. (Prov. 16:18‑19)
whose.The Jewish state had then no height of dominion; and Zedekiah was wholly dependent on Nebuchadnezzar.
• Zedekiah was as a willow, yet placed beside great waters. His safety lay in acquiescing as a faithful vassal of Nebuchadnezzar, humbling himself under the mighty hand of God; or according to the figure employed, a spreading vine of low stature, with branches, turned towards him who planted it, and its roots under him. Thus the vine might have produced not only branches and roots, but fruit. (“Notes on Ezekiel 17” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, so that its branches should turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; and it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.