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Ezekiel 27

Ezek. 27:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Damascus
Dammeseq (Hebrew #1834)
or Darmeseq {dar-meh'-sek}; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria
KJV usage: Damascus.
Pronounce: dam-meh'-sek
Origin: or Duwmeseq {doo-meh'-sek}
was thy merchant
cachar (Hebrew #5503)
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
KJV usage: go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
Pronounce: saw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
in the multitude
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
of the wares of thy making
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
, for the multitude
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
of all riches
hown (Hebrew #1952)
wealth; by implication, enough
KJV usage: enough, + for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: hone
Origin: from the same as 1951 in the sense of 202
; in the wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
of Helbon
Chelbown (Hebrew #2463)
fruitful; Chelbon, a place in Syria
KJV usage: Helbah.
Pronounce: khel-bone'
Origin: from 2459
, and white
tsachar (Hebrew #6713)
sheen, i.e. whiteness
KJV usage: white.
Pronounce: tsakh'-ar
Origin: from an unused root meaning to dazzle
wool
tsemer (Hebrew #6785)
wool
KJV usage: wool(-len).
Pronounce: tseh'-mer
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy
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Damascus,
Helbon,
Wares,
Wine,
Wool

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Damascus.
Gen. 15:2• 2And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? (Gen. 15:2)
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1 Kings 11:24‑25• 24And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
 25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. (1 Kings 11:24‑25)
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Isa. 7:8• 8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. (Isa. 7:8)
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Acts 9:2• 2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. (Acts 9:2)
Helbon.The Chalybon of the Greeks and Romans, now called by the natives Haleb, and by us Aleppo, said to have been so celebrated for its wine, that the Persian kings would drink no other.
It was a celebrated city of Syria, situated about 90 miles from the Mediterranean by way of Antioch, and 100 from the Euphrates, in lat. 36 degrees 11' 25" north, long. 37 degrees 9' east; and previous to its destruction by an earthquake in 1822, occupied, including its suburbs, eight small hills, with the intermediate valleys, comprehending a circuit of about seven miles; and its inhabitants were variously estimated at from 100,000 to 258,000 souls.
• Helbon (or Aleppo). (“Notes on Ezekiel 27” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks, by reason of the abundance of all substance, with wine of Helbon, and white wool.