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Ezekiel 27

Ezek. 27:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fine linen
shesh (Hebrew #8336)
for 7893; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
KJV usage: X blue, fine ((twined)) linen, marble, silk.
Pronounce: shaysh
Origin: or (for alliteration with 4897) shshiy {shesh-ee'}
with broidered work
riqmah (Hebrew #7553)
variegation of color; specifically, embroidery
KJV usage: broidered (work), divers colours, (raiment of) needlework (on both sides).
Pronounce: rik-maw'
Origin: from 7551
from Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
was that which thou spreadest forth
miphras (Hebrew #4666)
an expansion
KJV usage: that which...spreadest forth, spreading.
Pronounce: mif-rawce'
Origin: from 6566
to be thy sail
nec (Hebrew #5251)
a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token
KJV usage: banner, pole, sail, (en-)sign, standard.
Pronounce: nace
Origin: from 5264
; μblue
tkeleth (Hebrew #8504)
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
KJV usage: blue.
Pronounce: tek-ay'-leth
Origin: probably for 7827
and purple
'argaman (Hebrew #713)
purple (the color or the dyed stuff)
KJV usage: purple.
Pronounce: ar-gaw-mawn'
Origin: of foreign origin
from the isles
'iy (Hebrew #339)
properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
KJV usage: country, isle, island.
Pronounce: ee
Origin: from 183
of Elishah
'Eliyshah (Hebrew #473)
Elishah, a son of Javan
KJV usage: Elishah.
Pronounce: el-ee-shaw'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
was that which covered
mkacceh (Hebrew #4374)
a covering, i.e. garment; specifically, a coverlet (for a bed), an awning (from the sun); also the omentum (as covering the intestines)
KJV usage: clothing, to cover, that which covereth.
Pronounce: mek-as-seh'
Origin: from 3680
thee.
μ
or, purple and scarlet.

More on:

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Blue,
Broidered,
Egypt,
Elishah,
Islands; Isles,
Linen,
Purple

Cross References

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linen.
1 Kings 10:28• 28And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. (1 Kings 10:28)
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Prov. 7:16• 16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. (Prov. 7:16)
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Isa. 19:9• 9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. (Isa. 19:9)
blue and purple.
or, purple and scarlet.
Ex. 25:4• 4And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, (Ex. 25:4)
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Jer. 10:9• 9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. (Jer. 10:9)
Elishah.Elis, part of the Peloponnesus, extending along the western coast of Arcadia, north of Messenia, and south of Achaia.
Gen. 10:4• 4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Gen. 10:4)
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1 Chron. 1:7• 7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (1 Chron. 1:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.