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Ezekiel 10:21–22

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Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
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From verse 21

  1. Ezekiel 1:6Rank 1 from verse 21
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    6And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

  2. Ezekiel 10:14Rank 2 from verse 21
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    14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

  3. Ezekiel 41:18–19Rank 3 from verse 21
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    18And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

    19So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.

  4. Ezekiel 1:8–10Rank 4 from verse 21
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    8And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

    9Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

    10As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

  5. Revelation 4:7Rank 5 from verse 21
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    7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

From verse 22

  1. Ezekiel 1:10Rank 1 from verse 22
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    10As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

  2. Ezekiel 10:11Rank 2 from verse 22
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    11When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

  3. Ezekiel 1:12Rank 3 from verse 22
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    12And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

  4. Hosea 14:9Rank 4 from verse 22
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    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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Ezekiel 10:21

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wings

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Sense 1: Feathered or extended parts by which birds and other winged creatures fly. Sense 2: Figuratively, means of swift movement, protective shelter, or spreading reach.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

likeness

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Resemblance, similarity, correspondence, form, appearance, image, or representation by which one person or thing is like another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Ezekiel 10:22

COMBINED MEANING

likeness

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Resemblance, similarity, correspondence, form, appearance, image, or representation by which one person or thing is like another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

straight

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1. Direct and not crooked, or proceeding without turning aside. 2. Upright, right, or made right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forward

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Sense 1: Toward the front or onward. Sense 2: To advance, promote, or send onward.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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10:18Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.

10:19And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

10:20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.

10:21Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

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10:22And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

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