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Ezekiel 19

Ezek. 19:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, What is thy mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
? A lioness
labiy' (Hebrew #3833)
irreg. masculine plural lbaviym {leb-aw-eem'}; irreg. feminine plural lbaeowth {leb-aw-oth'}; from an unused root men. to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer; compare 738))
KJV usage: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Pronounce: law-bee'
Origin: or (Ezek. 19:2) lbiyao {leb-ee-yaw'}
: she lay down
rabats (Hebrew #7257)
to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
KJV usage: crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.
Pronounce: raw-bats'
Origin: a primitive root
among lions
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
, she nourished
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
her whelps
guwr (Hebrew #1482)
perhaps from 1481; a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion
KJV usage: whelp, young one.
Pronounce: goor
Origin: or (shortened) gur {goor}
among
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
young lions
kphiyr (Hebrew #3715)
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
KJV usage: (young) lion, village. Compare 3723.
Pronounce: kef-eer'
Origin: from 3722
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Cross References

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A lioness.Judea, which possessed strength, courage, and sovereignty.
Nah. 2:11‑12• 11Where is now the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, and the lion's whelp walked, and none made them afraid?
 12The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. (Nah. 2:11‑12)
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Zeph. 3:1‑4• 1Woe to her that is rebellious and corrupted, to the oppressing city!
 2She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her God.
 3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.
 4Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law. (Zeph. 3:1‑4)
she lay.Had confederacy with the neighbouring kings, and learned their manners.her whelps.The sons of Josiah, who learned to be oppressive tyrants from the surrounding princes.young lions.
Job 4:11• 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered. (Job 4:11)
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Psa. 58:6• 6O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. (Psa. 58:6)
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Isa. 5:29• 29Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea, they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to deliver; (Isa. 5:29)
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Isa. 11:6‑9• 6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them.
 7And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
 8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.
 9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:6‑9)
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Zech. 11:3• 3A voice of howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. (Zech. 11:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.