Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

Ezekiel 42:5

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapter
More
Report an issueTell us about a text or study problem

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

1 selected · 9 available

Choose up to 10 verses in this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

+ Add Ezekiel 42:4
+ Add Ezekiel 42:6

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

1 Essential passage is open for comparison.

Reference depth

From verse 5

  1. Ezekiel 41:7Rank 1 from verse 5
    Open

    7And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

Ezekiel 42:5

COMBINED MEANING

upper

↗

Situated above another, higher in place, or belonging to the higher part.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

higher

↗

Comparative form of high: more elevated or greater in height, rank, degree, or importance.. Sense 1: Raised or far above; great in height, rank, degree, or importance. Sense 2: As an adverb, greatly or aloft.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lower

↗

Sense 1: Situated beneath another or less high. Sense 2: To bring down, reduce, humble, or cause to sink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

building

↗

Sense 1: A structure made for habitation or use. Sense 2: The act of constructing.

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

READ BEFORE AND AFTER

Surrounding Verses

Nearby Scripture remains separate from the selected passage until you add it.

4And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.

5Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Selected passage

6For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Find a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.