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Ezekiel 42

Ezek. 42:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He measured
madad (Hebrew #4058)
by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
KJV usage: measure, mete, stretch self.
Pronounce: maw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root: properly, to stretch
it by the four
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
b sides
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
: it had a wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
c 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'}
, five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
reedsd long
'orek (Hebrew #753)
length
KJV usage: + forever, length, long.
Pronounce: o'rek'
Origin: from 748
, and five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
broad
rochab (Hebrew #7341)
width (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
Pronounce: ro'-khab
Origin: from 7337
, to make a separation
badal (Hebrew #914)
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
KJV usage: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), X utterly.
Pronounce: baw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
e between the sanctuary
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
and the profane place
chol (Hebrew #2455)
properly, exposed; hence, profane
KJV usage: common, profane (place), unholy.
Pronounce: khole
Origin: from 2490
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Rev. 21:16• 16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. (Rev. 21:16)
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Ezek. 40:5• 5And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. (Ezek. 40:5)
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Song of Sol. 2:9• 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. (Song of Sol. 2:9)
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Isa. 26:1• 1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. (Isa. 26:1)
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Isa. 60:18• 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (Isa. 60:18)
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Mic. 7:11• 11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. (Mic. 7:11)
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Ezek. 45:2• 2Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. (Ezek. 45:2)
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Luke 16:26• 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. (Luke 16:26)

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Reed,
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Cross References

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it had.
Ezek. 40:5• 5And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. (Ezek. 40:5)
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Song of Sol. 2:9• 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. (Song of Sol. 2:9)
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Isa. 25:1• 1O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. (Isa. 25:1)
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Isa. 26:1• 1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. (Isa. 26:1)
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Isa. 60:18• 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (Isa. 60:18)
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Mic. 7:11• 11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. (Mic. 7:11)
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Zech. 2:5• 5For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. (Zech. 2:5)
five hundred.
Ezek. 45:2• 2Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. (Ezek. 45:2)
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Ezek. 48:20• 20All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city. (Ezek. 48:20)
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Rev. 21:12‑17• 12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
 13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
 16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
 17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. (Rev. 21:12‑17)
a separation.
Ezek. 22:26• 26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (Ezek. 22:26)
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Ezek. 44:23• 23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. (Ezek. 44:23)
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Ezek. 48:15• 15And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 48:15)
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Lev. 10:10• 10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; (Lev. 10:10)
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Luke 16:26• 26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. (Luke 16:26)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Rev. 21:10‑27• 10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
 11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
 12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
 13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
 16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
 17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
 18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
 19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
 20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
 21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
 22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
 23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
 24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.
 25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
 26And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
 27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Rev. 21:10‑27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.