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Ezekiel 38

Ezek. 38:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Persia
Parac (Hebrew #6539)
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
KJV usage: Persia, Persians.
Pronounce: paw-ras'
Origin: of foreign origin
, Ethiopia
Kuwsh (Hebrew #3568)
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
KJV usage: Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
Pronounce: koosh
Origin: probably of foreign origin
, and ηLibya
Puwt (Hebrew #6316)
Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe
KJV usage: Phut, Put.
Pronounce: poot
Origin: of foreign origin
with them; all of them with shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
and helmet
kowba` (Hebrew #3553)
a helmet (as arched)
KJV usage: helmet. Compare 6959.
Pronounce: ko'-bah
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be high or rounded
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or, Phut,
Ezek. 27:10• 10Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee. (Ezek. 27:10)
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Ezek. 30:5• 5Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. (Ezek. 30:5)
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Zech. 8:7‑8• 7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;
 8and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. (Zech. 8:7‑8)

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Ethiopia,
Helmet,
Libya; Libyans,
Persia; Persians,
Shield

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Persia.
Ezek. 27:10• 10Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged shield and helmet in thee; they gave splendour to thee. (Ezek. 27:10)
Libya.
or, Phut.
Ezek. 30:5• 5Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. (Ezek. 30:5)
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Gen. 10:6• 6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. (Gen. 10:6)
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1 Chron. 1:8• 8The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. (1 Chron. 1:8)
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Nah. 3:9• 9Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers. (Nah. 3:9)
Put.
• {v.5-6} Gomer appears to be the head of the Cimmerian or Celtic race, as Togarmah of the Armenians. Cush and Phut are those translated Ethiopia and Libya. It only needs to be added here that part of Cush settled on the Euphrates, part on the Nile, being thus Asiatic as well as African. Compare Isaiah 18 for Cush. (“Notes on Ezekiel 38:1-9” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Persia, Cush, and Phut with them, all of them with shield and helmet;