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Ezekiel 1 — Sermon Preparation
Ezekiel receives an overwhelming vision of God's chariot-throne — living creatures, wheels, and blazing glory — by the Chebar River. Below is a research summary for Ezekiel 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 28
- verses
- 382 / 135
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 31
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Ezekiel 1 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַרְאֶה | marʼeh | H4758 | 15 | view, appearance |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 17 | walk, carry |
| דְּמוּת | dᵉmûwth | H1823 | 10 | resemblance, model |
| אוֹפָן | ʼôwphân | H212 | 10 | wheel |
| אַרְבַּע | ʼarbaʻ | H702 | 12 | four |
| כָּנָף | kânâph | H3671 | 9 | edge, extremity |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 11 | alive, raw |
How preachers through history handled this text
31 public-domain excerpts on Ezekiel 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“28. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. 28. Tanquam similitudo atcus, tanquam aspectas arcus, qui est in nube in die phvia sic fuit aspectus splendoris in circuitu. Haec visio similitudinis gloriae Iehovm, et aspexi, et cecidi super faciem meam, et audivi vocem loquentis. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Ezekiel - Volume 1, on Ezekiel 1:28–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Ezek 1:1
- Chebar— Ezek 1:1
- Chaldea— Ezek 1:3
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