KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Ezekiel 27:19 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Dan also” | וְדָ֤ן | Vedan (or Aden), a place in Arabia | Dan also |
| “and Javan” | וְיָוָן֙ | Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e., Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia | Javan |
| “going to and fro” | מְאוּזָּ֔ל | To go away, hence, to disappear | going fro |
| “occupied” | נָתָ֑נּוּ | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | occupied |
| “in thy fairs:” | בְּעִזְבוֹנַ֖יִךְ | Trade, i.e., the place (mart) or the payment (revenue) | fairs |
| “bright” | עָשׁוֹת֙ | Shining, i.e., polished | bright |
| “iron,” | בַּרְזֶ֤ל | Iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement | iron |
| “cassia,” | קִדָּ֣ה | Cassia bark (as in shrivelled rolls) | cassia |
| “and calamus,” | וְקָנֶ֔ה | A reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard) | calamus |
| “were” | הָיָֽה׃ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | were |
| “in thy market.” | בְּמַעֲרָבֵ֖ךְ | Traffic; by implication, mercantile goods | market |
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17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
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