King James Version
Ezekiel 32:22 in the King James Version says “Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:”
Ezekiel 32:22 · KJV
They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. she: or, the sword is laid
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. terror: or, dismaying
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
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“Asshur”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“are about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“fallen”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“by the sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
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