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Ezekiel 23

Ezek. 23:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the names
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
of them were Aholah
'Oholah (Hebrew #170)
from 168; her tent (i.e. idolatrous sanctuary); Oholah, a symbol. name for Samaria
KJV usage: Aholah.
Pronounce: o-hol-aw'
Origin: in form a feminine of 168, but in fact for .Oholahh {o-hol-aw'}
the elder
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
, and Aholibah
'Oholiybah (Hebrew #172)
from 168; my tent (is) in her; Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah
KJV usage: Aholibah.
Pronounce: o''-hol-ee-baw'
Origin: (similarly with 170) for hOholiybahh {o''-hol-e-baw'}
her sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
: and they were mine, and they bare
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
sons
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}
and daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
. Thus were their names
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
; Samaria
Shomrown (Hebrew #8111)
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Samaria.
Pronounce: sho-mer-one'
Origin: from the active participle of 8104
is γAholah
'Oholah (Hebrew #170)
from 168; her tent (i.e. idolatrous sanctuary); Oholah, a symbol. name for Samaria
KJV usage: Aholah.
Pronounce: o-hol-aw'
Origin: in form a feminine of 168, but in fact for .Oholahh {o-hol-aw'}
, and Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
δAholibah
'Oholiybah (Hebrew #172)
from 168; my tent (is) in her; Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah
KJV usage: Aholibah.
Pronounce: o''-hol-ee-baw'
Origin: (similarly with 170) for hOholiybahh {o''-hol-e-baw'}
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i.e. His tent, or tabernacle.
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i.e. My tabernacle in her,
1 Kings 8:29• 29That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. (1 Kings 8:29)
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Aholah,
Aholibah,
Daughter,
Jerusalem,
Samaria

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Ministry on This Verse

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the names.The kingdom of Israel, of which Samaria was the capital, containing ten tribes, and occupying a larger extent of country than that of Judah, is therefore called "her elder sister;" and Aholah, the name given to her, implies that the whole religious establishment in Israel was a human invention, a temple and service of their own, and not of God's appointment.
Aholibah, the name given to Judah, implies that the worship established there was from God, and that His temple was truly at Jerusalem.the elder.
Ezek. 16:40• 40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. (Ezek. 16:40)
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1 Kings 12:20• 20And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. (1 Kings 12:20)
they were.
Ezek. 16:8,20• 8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.
 20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, (Ezek. 16:8,20)
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Ex. 19:5‑6• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
 6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Psa. 45:11‑16• 11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
 12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
 13The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
 14She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
 15With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
 16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. (Psa. 45:11‑16)
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Jer. 2:2‑3• 2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
 3Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord. (Jer. 2:2‑3)
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Rom. 7:4• 4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. (Rom. 7:4)
Aholah.
that is, His tent, or tabernacle.
1 Kings 12:26‑33• 26And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
 27If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
 28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
 29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
 30And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
 31And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
 32And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
 33So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. (1 Kings 12:26‑33)
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John 4:22• 22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. (John 4:22)
Aholibah.
that is, My tabernacle in her.
1 Kings 8:29• 29That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. (1 Kings 8:29)
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Psa. 76:2• 2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. (Psa. 76:2)
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Psa. 132:13‑14• 13For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
 14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. (Psa. 132:13‑14)
• Their symbolic names are here given as Aholah the elder, and Aholibah, her sister; the former meaning "her own tent," the latter, "my tent is in her." The reader will not fail to observe the striking appropriateness of these symbolic names. The worship of Samaria was of self-will, at best an imitation, but really independence of Jehovah. But in Jerusalem the divine service was ordered of Jehovah as His own appointment; nevertheless not one only but both were His. (“Notes on Ezekiel 23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And their names were Oholaha the elder, and Oholibahb her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

JND Translation Notes

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Meaning, "Her tent."
b
Meaning, "My tent is in her."