Philologos
Bible Prophecy Research
Title: Ezekiel 1:8
Submitted by: research-bpr@philologos.org
Date: July 21, 1998
URL: http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Word_Studies/ez-1-6.htm
Living Beings: Word Study on Ezekiel 1:8
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 1:8
"And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and
they four had their faces and their wings."
And they had the HANDS
3027 yad; a primitive word; a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follow]:-- (+ be) able, x about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, x bounty, + broad, [broken-] handed, x by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, x enough, + fellowship, force, x from, hand [-staves, -y work], x he, himself, x in, labour, + large, ledge, [left-] handed, means, x mine, ministry, near, x of, x order, ordinance, x our, parts, pain, power, x presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, x thee, x by them, x themselves, x thine own, x thou, through, x throwing, + thumb, times, x to, x under, x us, x wait on, [way-] side, where, + wide, x with (him, me you), work, + yield, x yourselves.
of a MAN
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).
under THEIR
846 [Greek] autos; from the particle au [perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind] (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comp. 1438) of the third person, and (with the proper person pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it (-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, ([self-], the) same, ([him-, my- thy-]) self, [your-] selves, she, that, their (-s), them ([-selves]), there [-at, -by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with], they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.
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.
on their FOUR
702 'arba'; masculine 'arba'ah; from 7251; four;--four.
7251 raba'; a primitive root [rather identical with 7250 through the idea of sprawling "at all fours" (or possibly the reverse is the order, of derivation); compare 702]; properly to be four (sided); used only as denominative of 7253; to be quadrate:-- (four-) square (-d).
7250 raba'; a primitive root: to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation:--let gender, lie down.
7253 reba'; from 7251; a fourth (part or side):--fourth part, side, square.
SIDES
7253 reba'; from 7251; a fourth (part or side):--fourth part, side, square.
and they four had their FACES and their wings
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].
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NIV
Under their wings on their four sides they had the hands of a man. All four of them had
faces and wings,
RSV
Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces
and their wings thus:
DBY
And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had
their faces and their wings:
YLT
and hands of man under their wings -- on their four sides, and their faces and their wings
-- [are] to them four;
NASB
Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the
four of them,