KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Ezekiel 31:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.”
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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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| “Thus was he fair” | וַיְּיִ֣ף | Properly, to be bright, i.e., (by implication) beautiful | Thus fair |
| “in his greatness,” | בְּגָדְל֔וֹ | Magnitude (literally or figuratively) | greatness |
| “in the length” | בְּאֹ֖רֶךְ | Length | length |
| “of his branches:” | דָּֽלִיּוֹתָ֑יו | Something dangling, i.e., a bough | branches |
| “for” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “his root” | שָׁרְשׁ֖וֹ | A root (literally or figuratively) | root |
| “was” | הָיָ֥ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | was |
| “by” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | by |
| “great” | רַבִּֽים׃ | Abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) | great |
| “waters.” | מַ֥יִם | Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen | waters |
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5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
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