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Ezekiel 31

Ezek. 31:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
θmade him great
gadal (Hebrew #1431)
properly, to twist (compare 1434), i.e. to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
KJV usage: advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to...estate, + things), grow(up),increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
Pronounce: gaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
, the deep
thowm (Hebrew #8415)
(usually feminine) from 1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply)
KJV usage: deep (place), depth.
Pronounce: teh-home'
Origin: or thom {teh-home'}
κset him up on high
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
with her rivers
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
q running
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
his plants
matta` (Hebrew #4302)
something planted, i.e. the place (a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively or men); by implication, the act, planting
KJV usage: plant(-ation, -ing).
Pronounce: mat-taw'
Origin: from 5193
, and sent out
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
her μlittle rivers
t`alah (Hebrew #8585)
a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage or plaster (as placed upon a wound)
KJV usage: conduit, cured, healing, little river, trench, watercourse.
Pronounce: teh-aw-law'
Origin: from 5927
unto all the trees
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
of the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
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or, nourished him.
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or, brought.
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Jer. 51:36• 36Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry. (Jer. 51:36)
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or, conduits.

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Cross References

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Ezek. 17:5,8• 5And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree.
 8It was planted in a good field by many waters, that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit, that it might be a noble vine. (Ezek. 17:5,8)
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Prov. 14:28• 28In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince. (Prov. 14:28)
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Jer. 51:36• 36Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her spring dry. (Jer. 51:36)
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Rev. 17:1,15• 1And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;
 15And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. (Rev. 17:1,15)
made him great.
or, nourished him.
set.
or, brought.little rivers.
or, conduits.

J. N. Darby Translation

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The waters made him great, the deep set him up on highb; its streams ran round about his plantation, and it sent out its rivulets unto all the trees of the field.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "nourished him."