Philologos
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Title: Ezekiel 1:9
Submitted by: research-bpr@philologos.org
Date: July 21, 1998
URL: http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Word_Studies/ez-1-8.htm
Living Beings: Word Study on Ezekiel 1:9
All definitions taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, Holman Bible Publishers.
Signs Employed:
+ (addition) denotes a rendering in the AV of one or more Hebrew words in connection with
the one under consideration.
x (multiplication) denotes a rendering in the AV that results from an idiom peculiar to
the Hebrew.
() (parenthesis), in the renderings from the AV, denotes a word or syllable sometimes
given in connection with the principal word to which it is annexed.
[] (brackets), in the rendering from the AV, denotes the inclusion of an additional word
in the Hebrew.
Ezekiel 1:9 "Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward."
Their WINGS
3671 kanaph; from 3670; an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed-clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle: -- + bird, border, corner, end, feather [-ed], x flying, + (one an-) other, overspreading, x quarters, skirt, x sort, uttermost part, wing ([-ed]).
3670 kanaph; a primitive root; properly to project laterally, i.e. probably (reflexively) to withdraw:--be removed.
were JOINED
2266 chabar; a primitive root; to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate:--charm (-er), be compact, couple (together), have fellowship with, heap up, join (self, together), league.
ONE
802 'ishshah; feminine of 376 or 582; irregular plural nashiym; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582):--[adulter]ess, each, every, female, x many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
376 'iyah; contraction for 582 [or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant]; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):--also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, [foot-, husband-] man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man [-kind], + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso (-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
582 'enowsh; from 605; properly a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence a man in general (singly or collectively):--another, x [blood-] thirsty, certain, chap [-man], divers, fellow, x in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some (x of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English Version, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare 376.
605 'anash; a primitive root; to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy:--desperate (-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful.
120 'adam; from 119; ruddy, i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):-- x another, + hypocrite, + common sort, x low, man (mean, of low degree), person. 119 'adam; to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy:--be (dyed, made) red (ruddy).
to ANOTHER;
269 'achowth; irregular feminine of 251; a sister (used very widely [like 250], literally and figuratively:--(an-) other, sister, together.
251 'ach; a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1]):--another, brother (-ly), kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
they TURNED
5437 cabab; a primitive root; to revolve, surround or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows): --bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, x whirl, x round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, x circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, x on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
not when they WENT;
3212 yalak; a primitive root [compare 1980]; to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively to carry (in various senses):-- x again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow (-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, make) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ([-journey]), vanish, (cause to) walk (-ing), wax, x be weak.
1980 halak; akin to 3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):--(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.
they went EVERY
376 see above under ONE
ONE
376 see above under ONE
STRAIGHT
5676 'eber; from 5674; properly a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; usually meaning the east):--x against, beyond, by, x from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, ight.
5674 'abar; a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literally or figuratively; transitively, intransitively, intensively or causatively); specifically to cover (in copulation):--alienate, alter, x at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass (-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim (-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, x speedily, x sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress (-or), translate, turn away, [way-] faring man, be wrath.
FORWARD
6440 paneh; from 6437; the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with preposition prefixed) as a preposition (before, etc.): -- + accept, a- (be-) fore (-time), against, anger, x as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront (-part), form (-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, x him (-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look [-eth] (-s), x me, + meet, x more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), x on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, prospect, was purposed, by reason, of, + regard, right forth, + serve, x shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, x thee, x them (-selves), through (+ -out), till, time (-s) past, (un-) to (-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with (-in, + -stand), x ye, x you.
6437 panah; a primitive root; to turn; by implication to face, i.e. appear, look, etc:--appear, at [even-] tide, behold, cast out, come on, x corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), x right [early].