What Does Ezra 9:4 Mean?

near, with or among; often in general, to

“Then were assembled”

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“unto me every one that trembled”

fearful; also reverential

“at the words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“of the God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“because of the transgression”

treachery, i.e., sin

“of those that had been carried away”

exile; concretely and collectively exiles

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“and I sat”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

“astonied”

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e., devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“sacrifice”

a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)

“until the evening”

dusk