יְחֶזְקֵאל
Yᵉchezqêʼl · yekh-ez-kale'
Jechezkel, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2388 (חָזַק) and H410 (אֵל); God will strengthen;
Jechezkel, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ezekiel, Jehezekel.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › what comes behind, the returning cycle › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
The hand that works that works to separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain of what comes behind, the returning cycle of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְחֶזְקֵאל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to jehezekel1 · 33%
- came expressly unto ezekiel1 · 33%
- thus ezekiel1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.