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Ezekiel 47

Ezek. 47:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it shall come to pass, that every thing
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
that liveth
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
d, which moveth
sharats (Hebrew #8317)
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
KJV usage: breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.
Pronounce: shaw-rats'
Origin: a primitive root
, whithersoever the ζrivers
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
shall come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
, shall live
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
: and there shall be a very
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
great
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
multitude of fish
dagah (Hebrew #1710)
feminine of 1709, and meaning the same
KJV usage: fish.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
, because these 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)
shall come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
thither: for they shall be healed
rapha' (Hebrew #7495)
a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
KJV usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
e; and every thing shall live
chayay (Hebrew #2425)
to live; causatively to revive
KJV usage: live, save life.
Pronounce: khaw-yah'-ee
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2421)
whither the river
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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John 3:16• 16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal. (John 3:16)
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John 11:26• 26and every one that liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:26)
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two rivers.
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Ex. 15:26• 26{i}And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.{/i} (Ex. 15:26)
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Psa. 103:3• 3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;{HR}Who healeth all thy diseases; (Psa. 103:3)
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Isa. 30:26• 26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. (Isa. 30:26)

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Fish; Fishers; Fishing,
River

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every thing.
John 3:16• 16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal. (John 3:16)
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John 11:26• 26and every one that liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:26)
rivers.
Heb. two rivers.
Psa. 78:16• 16He brought streams from the rock (crag){HR}And caused waters to come down like the rivers. (Psa. 78:16)
shall live.
John 5:25• 25Verily, verily I say to you, An hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that have heard shall live. (John 5:25)
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John 6:63• 63It is the Spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life; (John 6:63)
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John 11:25• 25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he have died, shall live; (John 11:25)
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John 14:6,19• 6Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father but by me.
 19Yet a little, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye also shall live. (John 14:6,19)
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Rom. 8:2• 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath freed me from the law of sin and death. (Rom. 8:2)
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1 Cor. 15:45• 45So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening Spirit: (1 Cor. 15:45)
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Eph. 2:1‑5• 1And you, being dead in your offences and your sins,
 2in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
 3among whom we all also had our conversation once in the lusts of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were children, by nature, of wrath even as the rest;
 4but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us,
 5even us being dead in our offences he quickened with the Christ (by grace are ye saved), (Eph. 2:1‑5)
a very great.
Isa. 49:12• 12Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and those from the land of Sinim. (Isa. 49:12)
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Isa. 60:3‑10• 3And nations shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
 4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from far, and thy daughters are nursed upon the side.
 5Then thou shalt see and be brightened, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
 6A multitude of camels shall cover thee, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall show forth the praises of Jehovah.
 7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee; they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.
 8Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as doves to their dovecotes?
 9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
 10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. (Isa. 60:3‑10)
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Zech. 2:11• 11{i}And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people;{/i} And I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee. (Zech. 2:11)
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Zech. 8:21‑23• 21{i}and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to supplicate Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.{/i}
 22{i}And many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to supplicate Jehovah.{/i}
 23{i}Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:{/i} in those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:21‑23)
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Acts 2:41,47• 41Those then that accepted his word were baptized; and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
 47praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord was adding day by day together those that were to be saved. (Acts 2:41,47)
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Acts 4:4• 4But many of those that heard the word believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand. (Acts 4:4)
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Acts 5:14• 14and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women: (Acts 5:14)
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Acts 6:7• 7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied exceedingly; and a great crowd of the priests were obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7)
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Acts 21:20• 20and when they heard it, they glorified God. (Acts 21:20)
Greek.
for they.
Ex. 15:26• 26{i}And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee.{/i} (Ex. 15:26)
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Psa. 103:3• 3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;{HR}Who healeth all thy diseases; (Psa. 103:3)
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Isa. 30:26• 26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. (Isa. 30:26)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it shall come to pass that every living thingb which moveth, whithersoever the double river shall come, shall live. And there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters shall come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "soul."

W. Kelly Translation

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And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh.