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Ezekiel 38:4

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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:	And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:	Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And I will turn thee back^H7725, and put^H5414 hooks^H2397 into thy jaws^H3895, and I will bring thee forth^H3318, and all thine army^H2428, horses^H5483 and horsemen^H6571, all of them clothed^H3847 with all sorts^H4358 of armour, even a great^H7227 company^H6951 with bucklers^H6793 and shields^H4043, all of them handling^H8610 swords^H2719:

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Original Hebrew

וְשֹׁובַבְתִּיךָ וְנָתַתִּי חַחִים בִּלְחָיֶיךָ וְהֹוצֵאתִי אֹותְךָ וְאֶת־כָּל־חֵילֶךָ סוּסִים וּפָרָשִׁים לְבֻשֵׁי מִכְלֹול כֻּלָּם קָהָל רָב צִנָּה וּמָגֵן תֹּפְשֵׂי חֲרָבֹות כֻּלָּם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/שׁ֣וֹבַבְתִּ֔י/ךָ	ve./Shoav.Ti./kha	H7725	HC/Voq1cs/Sp2ms	and/ I will turn around/ you
וְ/נָתַתִּ֥י	ve./na.ta.Ti	H5414	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will put
חַחִ֖ים	cha.Chim	H2397	HNcmpa	hooks
בִּ/לְחָיֶ֑י/ךָ	bi/l.cha.Yei./kha	H3895	HR/Ncbdc/Sp2ms	in/ jaws/ your
וְ/הוֹצֵאתִי֩	ve./ho.tze.Ti	H3318	HC/Vhq1cs	and/ I will bring out
אוֹתְ/ךָ֨	'ot./Kha	H853	HTo/Sp2ms	(obj.)/ you
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
חֵילֶ֜/ךָ	chei.Le./kha	H2428	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	army/ your
סוּסִ֣ים	su.Sim	H5483	HNcmpa	horses
וּ/פָרָשִׁ֗ים	u./fa.ra.Shim	H6571	HC/Ncmpa	and/ horsemen
לְבֻשֵׁ֤י	le.vu.Shei	H3847	HAampc	clothed of
מִכְלוֹל֙	mikh.lOl	H4358	HNcmsa	perfection
כֻּלָּ֔/ם	ku.La/m	H3605	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	all of/ them
קָהָ֥ל	ka.Hal	H6951	HNcmsa	a company
רָב֙	rav	H7227	HAamsa	great
צִנָּ֣ה	tzi.Nah	H6793	HNcfsa	body shield
וּ/מָגֵ֔ן	u./ma.Gen	H4043	HC/Ncbsa	and/ shield
תֹּפְשֵׂ֥י	to.fe.Sei	H8610	HVqrmpc	wielders of
חֲרָב֖וֹת	cha.ra.Vot	H2719	HNcfpa	swords
כֻּלָּֽ/ם	ku.La/m	H3605	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	all of/ them

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H2397 — חָח (châch, khawkh): once (Ezekiel 29:4) חָחִי; from the same as חוֹחַ; a ring for the nose (or lips); bracelet, chain, hook.
• H2428 — חַיִל (chayil, khah'-yil): from חוּל; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength; able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
• H2719 — חֶרֶב (chereb, kheh'-reb): from חָרַב; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement; axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
• H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
• H3847 — לָבַשׁ (lâbash, law-bash'): or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively; (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
• H3895 — לְחִי (lᵉchîy, lekh-ee'): from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone; cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
• H4043 — מָגֵן (mâgên, maw-gane'): also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from גָּנַן; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile; [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.
• H4358 — מִכְלוֹל (miklôwl, mik-lole'): from כָּלַל; perfection (i.e. concrete adverbial, splendidly); most gorgeously, all sorts.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5483 — סוּס (çûwç, soos): or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight); crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare פָּרָשׁ.
• H6571 — פָּרָשׁ (pârâsh, paw-rawsh'): from פָּרָשׁ; (compare סוּס); a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry; horseman.
• H6793 — צִנָּה (tsinnâh, tsin-naw'): feminine of צֵן; a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing); buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.
• H6951 — קָהָל (qâhâl, kaw-hawl'): from קָהַל; assemblage (usually concretely); assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
• H8610 — תָּפַשׂ (tâphas, taw-fas'): a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably; catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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