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Ezekiel 22

Ezek. 22:18 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
, 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'
is to me become dross
ciyg (Hebrew #5509)
from 5472 in the sense of refuse; scoria
KJV usage: dross.
Pronounce: seeg
Origin: or cuwg (Ezek. 22:18) {soog}
h: all they are brass
nchosheth (Hebrew #5178)
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
KJV usage: brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
Pronounce: nekh-o'-sheth
Origin: for 5154
, and tin
bdiyl (Hebrew #913)
alloy (because removed by smelting); by analogy, tin
KJV usage: + plummet, tin.
Pronounce: bed-eel'
Origin: from 914
, and iron
barzel (Hebrew #1270)
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
KJV usage: (ax) head, iron.
Pronounce: bar-zel'
Origin: perhaps from the root of 1269
, and lead
`owphereth (Hebrew #5777)
feminine participle active of 6080; lead (from its dusty color)
KJV usage: lead.
Pronounce: o-feh'-reth
Origin: or mophereth {o-feh'-reth}
, in 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 furnace
kuwr (Hebrew #3564)
a pot or furnace (as if excavated)
KJV usage: furnace. Compare 3600.
Pronounce: koor
Origin: from an unused root meaning properly, to dig through
; they are even the ζdross
ciyg (Hebrew #5509)
from 5472 in the sense of refuse; scoria
KJV usage: dross.
Pronounce: seeg
Origin: or cuwg (Ezek. 22:18) {soog}
i of silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
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Psa. 119:119• 119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love thy testimonies. (Psa. 119:119)
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Isa. 1:22,25• 22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:
 25And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy; (Isa. 1:22,25)
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Isa. 1:25• 25And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy; (Isa. 1:25)
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drosses,
Jer. 6:30• 30Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them. (Jer. 6:30)
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More on:

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Brass,
Furnace,
House,
Iron,
Israel,
Lead,
Silver,
The Son of Man,
Tin

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the house.
Psa. 119:119• 119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love thy testimonies. (Psa. 119:119)
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Isa. 1:22• 22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water: (Isa. 1:22)
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Jer. 6:28‑30• 28They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.
 29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.
 30Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them. (Jer. 6:28‑30)
brass.
Ezek. 22:20• 20As they gather silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will lay you on and melt you. (Ezek. 22:20)
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Isa. 48:4• 4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass, (Isa. 48:4)
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Lam. 4:1‑2• 1How is the gold become dim! the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary poured out at the top of all the streets!
 2The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! (Lam. 4:1‑2)
in the midst.
Prov. 17:3• 3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts. (Prov. 17:3)
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Isa. 31:9• 9and for fear, he shall pass over to his rock, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. (Isa. 31:9)
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Isa. 48:10• 10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (Isa. 48:10)
dross.
Heb. drosses.
• Whatever may be the bloody horrors associated with the sword, the fire of divine indignation cannot but portend yet worse even for this world. (“Notes on Ezekiel 22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.