Ezekiel 1:4-28
windstorm <07307> [a whirlwind.]
enormous <01419> [a great.]
bright light rimmed <03947 05051> [infolding itself. Heb. catching itself. colour.]
looked like ........... form <01823> [the likeness.]
each ... four faces ... four <0259 0702 06440> [And every one had four faces.]
These living creatures were probably hieroglyphical representations of the holy angels, the attendants on "the King of Glory," and the ministers of his providence. They were four, apparently to denote that they were employed in the four corners of the world; and they had the likeness of a man, to signify that they were intelligent and rational creatures.
each ... four .... four wings <0702 03671 0259> [every one had four wings.]
legs ... straight ....... feet ..... feet <07272 03477> [straight feet. Heb. a straight foot. like the sole.]
gleamed <05869> [the colour.]
touched <02266> [joined.]
turn <05437> [they turned.]
appearance <01823> [for the.]
faces ........... face .... man .... face ......... face ........... face <0120 06440> [the face of a man.]
faces ........... face ....... face .... lion ...... face ........... face <0738 06440> [the face of a lion.]
faces ........... face ....... face ......... face .... ox ........ face <07794 06440> [the face of an ox.]
[Cherub.]
faces ........... face ....... face ......... face ........... face .... eagle <05404 06440> [the face of an eagle.]
wings <03671> [and their.]
spread ... above <04605 06504> [stretched upward. or, divided above. and two.]
Each <03212 0376> [they went every.]
spirit <07307> [whither.]
one <0259> [one.]
four <0702> [with.]
gleaming <05869> [the colour.]
wheels .................... wheel .... wheel <0212> [a wheel.]
turning <05437> [and.]
high <01363> [they were so.]
rims ........ rims <01354> [rings. or, stakes. full.]
spirit ................. spirit <07307> [the spirit.]
spirit ................. spirit <07307> [for the.]
living <02416> [of the living creature. or, of life.]
<03212> [When those went.]
living <02416> [of the living creature. or, of life.]
like <01823> [the likeness.]
ice <07140> [crystal.]
The Hebrew {kerach,} which generally denotes ice, doubtless here signifies crystal, ([krystallos,] from [kryos,] cold, ice, and [stellomai,] to concrete,) as it is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate. It is a very large class of silicious minerals, hard, pellucid, naturally colourless, of regularly angular figures, and of simple plates; not flexible, nor elastic, but giving fire with steel; not fermenting by acid menstrua, but calcinable in a strong fire. There are three orders of pure crystal: the first is perfect columnar crystals, with double pyramids, of eighteen planes, in an hexangular pyramid at each end; the second is that of perfect crystals, without a column, of twelve or sixteen planes, in two hexangular pyramids: and the third is that of imperfect crystals, with single pyramids, of ten or twelve planes, in an hexangular or pentangular column. Terrible crystal seems to denote that which was well cut and polished, vividly refracting the rays of light.
wings <03671> [their wings.]
beings ...... covering <03680> [which.]
sound ......... sound ....... voice <06963> [like.]
sound ......... sound ....... voice <06963> [as the voice.]
sound ......... sound ....... voice <06963> [as the noise.]
still <07503> [and had.]
Above <04605> [And above.]
Abp. Newcome judiciously observes, "We need not allegorize the circumstances of this august vision too minutely. Many of them augment the splendour of the scene, while others, no doubt, have much significance; which should be pointed out rather by a correct judgement, than a luxuriant imagination."
heads <07218> [over.]
like ... throne ...... throne .... form <01823 03678> [the likeness of a.]
like ................. appeared <04758> [as the.]
like ................. appeared ..... man <0120 04758> [the appearance of a man.]
saw <05869> [as the colour.]
like ... fire ............... something that looked like fire <0784 04758> [the appearance of fire.]
[at the appearance of the bow.]
appearance .............. appearance ........ looked <04758> [This.]
threw <05307> [I fell.]
Ezekiel 8:4
Ezekiel 9:3
Ezekiel 10:1-22
watched ....................... appearing <07200> [I looked.]
platform <07549> [in the.]
top <07218> [above.]
resembling <04758> [as the.]
man <0376> [unto.]
Go ......................... went <0935> [Go.]
hands <02651> [thine hand. Heb. the hollow of thine hand. coals.]
scatter <02236> [scatter.]
cloud <06051> [and the.]
glory ................................... glory <03519> [the glory.]
Then <07311> [went up. Heb. was lifted up. and the house.]
sound ................. sound <06963> [the sound.]
outer <02435> [outer.]
sound ................. sound <06963> [the voice.]
stretched out <07971> [stretched forth. Heb. sent forth. unto the.]
left <03318> [and went.]
four <0702> [behold.]
gleamed <05869> [as the.]
jasper <08658> [a beryl.]
{Tarshish} is generally rendered by the LXX. and the Vulgate the chrysolite, so called by the ancients (from [chrusos (chrysos) <\\See definition 5557\\>,] gold, and [lithos <\\See definition 3037\\>,] a stone,) because of its fine gold yellow colour. It is now called by the moderns the topaz; is a very beautiful and valuable gem in its pure and perfect state, though very rarely found so; and the finer pieces of it are in hardness second only to the diamond. The Vulgate, however, in ch. 1:16, renders, {quasi visio maris,} "as the appearance of the seas," i.e., azure; and Dr. Geddes (on Ex 28:10) says, that, with {Abarbanel,} he believes the beryl to be intended. It is a pellucid gem, called by our lapidaries, {aqua marina,} of a sea or bluish green colour, found in the East Indies and about the gold mines of Peru. The genuine beryl never receives any other mixture of colour; and in its perfect state approaches the hardness of garnet.
four <03212 0702> [they went upon.]
head <07218> [whither.]
bodies <01320> [body. Heb. flesh. were.]
called <07121> [it was cried, etc. or, they were called in my hearing,]
Wheel, or Galgal.
first ...... a <0259> [every.]
faces ...... face .... cherub <06440 03742> [the face of a cherub.]
In ch. 1:10, instead of "the face of a cherub," it is "the face of an ox:" hence a cherub was in the likeness of an ox, at least as to its head. The extraordinary shape of these angelic beings, which appeared to the prophet in vision, is manifestly symbolical; for it is not to be supposed that these heavenly beings are really thus formed. The four faces, wings, and the arms of a man, denote the sublime qualities of these immediate ministers of the Deity; qualities entirely essential to fill up the extent of their duty. The face of a man denotes their intelligence; of a lion, their intrepid courage; of an ox, their patience and perseverance in labour; and of an eagle, their great penetration, their sublime sight into heavenly things, and their readiness to rise up into all that is great and divine. The wings being stretched out, signifies their readiness and rapidity in obeying the commands of their Master; the wings bent down, denotes their profound respect before the Lord of the Universe; and the man's arms under the wings, shew that zeal produces application and labour.
rose <07426> [lifted.]
living <02416> [This.]
spirit <07307> [for.]
living <02416> [of the living creature. or, of life.]
glory <03519> [the glory.]
stopped <05975> [and stood.]
cherubim <03742> [the cherubims.]
east <06931> [of the east.]
glory <03519> [and the glory.]
living <02416> [the living.]
River <05104> [the river.]
knew <03045> [and I.]
Each ... four ..... four <0702> [had four.]
form <01823> [and the.]
form <01823> [the likeness.]
<03212> [they went.]
Ezekiel 11:22-23
glory <03519> [the glory.]
east <06924> [which.]
