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Lexicon :: Strong's H6086 - ʿēṣ

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עֵץ
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ʿēṣ
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TWOT Reference: 1670a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵץ ʻêts, ates; from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):— carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 328x

The KJV translates Strong's H6086 in the following manner: tree (162x), wood (107x), timber (23x), stick (14x), gallows (8x), staff (4x), stock (4x), carpenter (with H2796) (2x), branches (1x), helve (1x), planks (1x), stalks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 328x
The KJV translates Strong's H6086 in the following manner: tree (162x), wood (107x), timber (23x), stick (14x), gallows (8x), staff (4x), stock (4x), carpenter (with H2796) (2x), branches (1x), helve (1x), planks (1x), stalks (1x).

  1. tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows

    1. tree, trees

    2. wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵץ ʻêts, ates; from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):— carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
STRONGS H6086: Abbreviations
עֵץ 329 noun masculineGenesis 2:9 tree, trees, wood; — ע׳ absolute Genesis 3:3 +, construct Genesis 3:24 +, עֵץֿ Genesis 2:16 +; suffix עֵֽצְךָ Deuteronomy 28:42, etc.; plural עֵצִים Judges 9:8 +, construct עֲצֵי Isaiah 7:2 +, suffix עֵצֶיךָ Deuteronomy 29:10, עֵצֵינוּ Lamentations 5:4, etc.; —
1. (approximately + 150 times)
a. a standing tree Genesis 18:4, 8 (J) +, Exodus 15:25 (J; of shrub ?), Jeremiah 17:18 = Psalm 1:3 (simile); to be felled Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:6; הָעֵצִים (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory Judges 9:8 + 6 times Judges 9; עֵץ הַחַיִּים Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22, 24 (J), compare חַיִּים ע׳ figurative of source of (life and) happiness Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; הַדַּעַת טוֺב וָדָע ע׳ Genesis 2:9, 16 (J); עֲצֵי (ה)יַעַר Isaiah 7:2 (simile), Isaiah 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2 +; עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה Isaiah 55:12; Ezekiel 17:24 (figurative), +; עֲצֵי לְבָנוֺן 2 Chronicles 2:7; עֲצֵימַֿיִם Ezekiel 31:14; עֲצֵי י׳ Psalm 104:16; עֲצֵי עֵדֶן † Ezekiel 31:9, 16, 18 (twice in verse); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Songs 4:14; of vine עֵץ הַגֶּפֶן † Ezekiel 15:2, 6; תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָ֑ן place of illicit worship † Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:6, 13; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 57:5; 2 Chronicles 28:4, compare עַלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָן Jeremiah 17:2; כָּלעַֿץ עָבֹת Ezekiel 20:28.
b. collective trees, עֵץהַֿגָּן Genesis 2:16; Genesis 3:1, 2, 8 (all J); usually later, י׳ Genesis 1:12, 29 (twice in verse) (P), +; פְּרִי פְּרִיעֵץ fruit—trees Genesis 1:11 (P), Psalm 148:9, compare Ecclesiastes 2:5, עֵץ פְּרִי Exodus 10:15 (J), Ezekiel 36:30; Leviticus 23:40 (H), compare Joel 2:22; עֵץמַֿאֲכָל Deuteronomy 20:20; Leviticus 19:23 (H), Ezekiel 47:12; Nehemiah 9:25; עֵץ הַזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 olive trees, עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Nehemiah 8:15, עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶן Isaiah 41:19; סֲבָחעֵֿץ Psalm 74:5 thicket of trees; עֵץ הַשָּׂרֶה Exodus 9:25 (J), +; עֵץ הַיַּעַר † Ezekiel 15:6, compare Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 44:23; כִּימֵי הָעֵץ Isaiah 65:22 (simile of great age).
c. plural of trees felled for building, 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; 1 Kings 5:32 [1 Kings 5:32] (+ אֲבָנִים); עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 + 7 times; עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים Jeremiah 52:22, 24; Jeremiah 9:11; (אַלְגּ׳) אַלְמֻגִּים עֲצֵי, see אַלְגּ׳ above.
2. (approximately 175 times; with approximately 120 times plural, to denote pieces [or articles] of wood).
a. wood, as material; for building, 2 Kings 12:13 (+ אַבְנֵי מַתְצֵב), 2 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11 (both + id.), Nehemiah 2:8 +; עֲצֵי שָׁ֑מֶן 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 33 compare 1 Kings 6:32; עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר Genesis 6:14 (Noah's ark), עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים Exodus 25:5, 10 + 20 times Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all P) Deuteronomy 10:3; מִגְדַּלעֵֿץ Nehemiah 8:4; מוֺטִת עֵץ Jeremiah 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to בַּרְזֶל מ׳); כְּלִיעֵֿץ article of wood Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 15:12; Numbers 31:20, compare Numbers 35:18 (all P). Hence
b. עֵצִים = articles of wood Exodus 7:19 (P; || אֲבָנִים), 1 Chronicles 29:2; so עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 (but see בְּרוֺשׁ near the end); specifically הָעֵץ = helve of axe Deuteronomy 19:5; (וֹ)חֲנִית עֵץ 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (Kt חֵץ) = 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:7; עֲצֵי הָעֲגָלָה 1 Samuel 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה Judges 6:26; especially timbers of a house Zechariah 5:4; Habakkuk 2:11; Leviticus 14:45, of a city 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:5; Ezekiel 26:12; עֵץ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally trees) Genesis 40:19 (E), Joshua 8:29 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:26 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:27 (all J E), Deuteronomy 21:22, 23; late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), תָּלָח עַלעֵֿץ Esther 2:23 + 8 times Esther.
† c. of idols, עֵץ וָאֶבֶן Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 28:36, 64; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32, compare Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19; so עֵץ alone Hosea 4:12; Isaiah 40:20, of.Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 45:20; אֲשֵׁרָה כָּלעֵֿץ Deuteronomy 16:21.
d. (fire-)wood Joshua 9:23, 27 (J), Joshua 9:21 (P), Deuteronomy 19:5; Isaiah 30:33 +, read עֵצִים also Ezekiel 24:5 (for MT עצמים) Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 22:7, 9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 1:7 + 6 times Leviticus (all P), 2 Samuel 24:22 || 1 Chronicles 21:23, +; עֲצֵי עוֺלָה Genesis 22:3, 6 (P).
e. עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז cedar-wood, used in purifications Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).
f. הָעֵץ פִּשְׁתֵּי Joshua 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jeremiah 10:8 Gie proposes הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for MT הֲבָלִים עִץ הוּא. — מֹאֶסֶת כָּלעֵֿץ Ezekiel 21:15 is dubious, Sm proposes מָאֵסְתָּ כָלעֵֿץ, Co מֹאֲסֵי כָלעֹֿז, Berthol וּמְנַסֵּף כָּלעַֿז; SiegfKau Toy leave untranslated.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H636.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:11; 1:12; 1:29; 2:9; 2:9; 2:9; 2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3; 3:8; 3:22; 3:24; 3:24; 6:14; 18:4; 18:8; 22:3; 22:6; 22:7; 22:9; 40:19

Exodus

7:19; 9:25; 10:15; 15:25; 25:5; 25:10

Leviticus

1:7; 11:32; 14:4; 14:6; 14:45; 14:49; 14:51; 14:52; 15:12; 19:23; 23:40

Numbers

19:6; 31:20; 35:18

Deuteronomy

4:28; 10:3; 12:2; 16:21; 19:5; 19:5; 19:5; 20:20; 21:22; 21:23; 28:36; 28:42; 28:64; 29:10; 29:16

Joshua

2:6; 8:29; 9:21; 9:23; 9:27; 10:26; 10:27

Judges

6:26; 9; 9:8; 9:8

1 Samuel

6:14; 17:7

2 Samuel

5:11; 6:5; 21:19; 23:7; 24:22

1 Kings

5:6; 6:23; 6:31; 6:32; 6:33; 14:23; 15:22; 18:23

2 Kings

6:6; 12:13; 16:4; 17:10; 19:18; 22:6

1 Chronicles

14:1; 20:5; 21:23; 29:2

2 Chronicles

2:7; 16:5; 28:4; 34:11

Nehemiah

2:8; 8:4; 8:15; 9:25

Esther

2:23

Psalms

1:3; 74:5; 104:16; 148:9

Proverbs

3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4

Ecclesiastes

2:5

Song of Songs

4:14

Isaiah

7:2; 7:2; 10:19; 30:33; 37:19; 40:20; 41:19; 44:14; 44:19; 44:23; 45:20; 55:12; 57:5; 65:22

Jeremiah

2:20; 2:27; 3:6; 3:9; 3:13; 9:11; 10:8; 17:2; 17:18; 28:13; 52:22; 52:24

Lamentations

5:4

Ezekiel

6:13; 15:2; 15:2; 15:6; 15:6; 17:24; 20:28; 20:32; 21:15; 24:5; 26:12; 31:9; 31:14; 31:16; 31:18; 36:30; 47:12

Hosea

4:12

Joel

2:22

Habakkuk

2:11; 2:19

Haggai

2:19

Zechariah

5:4

H6086

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6086 matches the Hebrew עֵץ (ʿēṣ),
which occurs 330 times in 288 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 6 (Eze 15:6–Zec 12:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - “Therefore, thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘As the wood H6086 of the vine among the trees H6086 of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - “All the trees H6086 of the field will know that I am the LORD; I bring down the high tree, H6086 exalt the low tree, H6086 dry up the green tree H6086 and make the dry tree H6086 flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will perform it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - “When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, H6086 and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32 - “What comes [fn]into your mind will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, serving wood H6086 and stone.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every [fn]green tree H6086 in you, as well as every dry tree; H6086 the blazing flame will not be quenched and [fn]the whole surface from south to north will be burned by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - ‘Sharpened to make a slaughter,
Polished [fn]to flash like lightning!’
Or shall we rejoice, the [fn]rod of My son despising every tree? H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10 - “Heap on the wood, H6086 kindle the fire,
[fn]Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and [fn]throw your stones and your timbers H6086 and your debris into the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - ‘The waters made it grow, the [fn]deep made it high.
With its rivers it continually [fn]extended all around its planting place,
And sent out its channels to all the trees H6086 of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 - ‘Therefore its height was loftier than all the trees H6086 of the field
And its boughs became many and its branches long
Because of many waters [fn]as it spread them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - ‘The cedars in God’s garden [fn]could not match it;
The [fn]cypresses [fn]could not compare with its boughs,
And the plane trees [fn]could not match its branches.
No tree H6086 in God’s garden [fn]could compare with it in its beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 - ‘I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches,
And all the trees H6086 of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - so that all the trees H6086 by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the [fn]clouds, nor their [fn]well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused lamentations; I closed the [fn]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon [fn]mourn for it, and all the trees H6086 of the field wilted away on account of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - “I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the [fn]well-watered trees H6086 of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - “To which among the trees H6086 of Eden are you thus [fn]equal in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees H6086 of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - “Also the tree H6086 of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:30 - “I will multiply the fruit of the tree H6086 and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16 - “And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick H6086 and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick H6086 and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick H6086 of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:17 - “Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, H6086 that they may become one in your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19 - say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will take the stick H6086 of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick H6086 of Judah, and make them one stick, H6086 and they will be one in My hand.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:20 - “The sticks H6086 on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not take wood H6086 from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - The thresholds, the [fn]latticed windows and the [fn]galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood H6086 all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - The altar was of wood, H6086 three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its [fn]base and its [fn]sides were of wood. H6086 And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - Also there were [fn]carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm trees like those [fn]carved on the walls; and there was a [fn]threshold of wood H6086 on the front of the porch outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees H6086 on the one side and on the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - “By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees H6086 for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - My people consult their wooden H6086 idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing [fn]from their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 - The vine dries up
And the fig tree [fn]fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the [fn]apple tree,
All the trees H6086 of the field dry up.
Indeed, rejoicing dries up
From the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:19 - To You, O LORD, I cry;
For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness
And the flame has burned up all the trees H6086 of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:22 - Do not fear, beasts of the field,
For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green,
For the tree H6086 has borne its fruit,
The fig tree and the vine have yielded [fn]in full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:11 - “Surely the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer it from the [fn]framework. H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - “Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, H6086 ‘Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:8 - “Go up to the [fn]mountains, bring wood H6086 and rebuild the [fn]temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:19 - ‘Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree, H6086 it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - “I will make it go forth,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber H6086 and stones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:6 - “In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood H6086 and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem.

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