Ezekiel 9
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
2And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
7And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
8And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
11And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אָמַרʼâmarH5598× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עַלʻalH59218× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אִישׁʼîyshH3766× in this chapter
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)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8346× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עִירʻîyrH58925× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- אֵתʼêthH8535× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- תָּוֶךְtâvekH84324× in this chapter
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30683× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34783× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- אַלʼalH4083× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- מָלֵאmâlêʼH43903× in this chapter
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- מֹתֶןmôthenH49753× in this chapter
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
- נָכָהnâkâhH52213× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshH5823× in this chapter
a man in general (singly or collectively)
- קֶסֶתqeçethH70833× in this chapter
properly, a cup, i.e. an ink-stand
- בַּדbadH9063× in this chapter
flaxen thread or yarn; hence, a linen garment
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14192× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18702× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20092× in this chapter
lo!
- זָקֵןzâqênH22052× in this chapter
old
- חוּסchûwçH23472× in this chapter
properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
- אֹזֶןʼôzenH2412× in this chapter
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- חָלַלchâlalH24902× in this chapter
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
- חָמַלchâmalH25502× in this chapter
to commiserate; by implication, to spare
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33182× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33892× in this chapter
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- כְּלִיkᵉlîyH36272× in this chapter
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לָבַשׁlâbashH38472× in this chapter
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
- מְאֹדmᵉʼôdH39662× in this chapter
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)
- סָפַרçâpharH56082× in this chapter
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
- עָבַרʻâbarH56742× in this chapter
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
- עַיִןʻayinH58692× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5892× in this chapter
I
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application