Ezekiel 27:16 KJV

Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • The merchandise of TyreThose who live at ease are to be lamented, if they are not prepared for trouble. Let none reckon themselves beautified, any further than they are sanctified....

Thompson Chains

  • MerchandiseLink 3 of 5 · next John 2:16
  • LinenSee the chain from Exodus 35:6 · 9 links
  • EmeraldsLink 3 of 5 · next Revelation 4:2
  • AgateLast of 3 links

Cross References

  • Judges 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
  • Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
  • Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
  • Genesis 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
  • 2 Samuel 8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

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Topics

  • Agate A precious stone
  • Commerce Syrians
  • Coral General scriptures concerning Coral
  • Emerald Merchandise of, in Tyre
  • Imports Of Tyre

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Bible Dictionary

  • Syria(Heb. Aram), the name in the Old Testament given to the whole country which lay to the north-east of Phoenicia, extending to beyond the...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Syria אֲרָם ʾărām אֲרָם Proper name
  • thy merchant סֹחַרְתֵּךְ sōḥartēk סָחַר Verb · qal active participle, feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
  • by reason of the multitude מֵרֹב mērōb רֹב Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
  • of the wares of thy making מַעֲשָׂיִךְ maʿăśāyik מַעֲשֶׂה Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
  • they occupied נָתְנוּ nātĕnû נָתַן Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
  • in thy fairs בְּעִזְבוֹנָיִךְ bĕʿizbônāyik עִזָּבוֹן Noun · masculine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: second person feminine singular
  • with emeralds בְּנֹפֶךְ bĕnōpek נֹפֶךְ Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
  • purple אַרְגָּמָן ʾargāmān אַרְגָּמָן Noun · masculine singular
  • and broidered work וְרִקְמָה wĕriqmâ רִקְמָה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • and fine linen וּבוּץ ûbûṣ בּוּץ Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • and coral וְרָאמֹת wĕrāʾmōt רָאמָה Noun · feminine plural · with and
  • and agate וְכַדְכֹּד wĕkadkōd כַּדְכֹּד Noun · masculine singular · with and

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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