King James Version
Ezekiel 16:24 in the King James Version says “That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. eminent: or, bro...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. eminent: or, brothel house”
Ezekiel 16:24 · KJV
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. eminent: or, brothel house
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto thee an eminent place”
H1354the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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