Ezekiel 16:16 Lexicon: "You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen.

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NASB Lexicon

NASB ©	Hebrew	Strong's	Origin
"You took	וַתִּקְחִ֣י (vat·tik·chi)	3947: to take	a prim. root
some		4480: from	a prim. preposition
of your clothes,	מִבְּגָדַ֗יִךְ (mib·be·ga·da·yich)	899b: a garment, covering	from bagad
made	וַתַּֽעֲשִׂי־ (vat·ta·'a·si-)	6213a: do, make	a prim. root
for yourself high places	בָּמֹ֣ות (ba·mo·vt)	1116: a high place	of uncertain derivation
of various colors	טְלֻאֹ֔ות (te·lu·'o·vt,)	2921: to patch, spot	a prim. root
and played the harlot	וַתִּזְנִ֖י (vat·tiz·ni)	2181: to commit fornication, be a harlot	a prim. root
on them, which should never	לֹ֥א (lo)	3808: not	a prim. adverb
come	בָאֹ֖ות (va·'o·vt)	935: to come in, come, go in, go	a prim. root
about nor	וְלֹ֥א (ve·lo)	3808: not	a prim. adverb
happen.	יִהְיֶֽה׃ (yih·yeh.)	1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, be	a prim. root

KJV Lexicon

And of thy garments
beged (behg'-ed)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage -- apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.

thou didst take
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)

and deckedst
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

thy high places
bamah (bam-maw')
an elevation -- height, high place, wave.

with divers colours
tala' (taw-law')
to cover with pieces; i.e. (by implication) to spot or variegate (as tapestry) -- clouted, with divers colours, spotted.

and playedst the harlot
zanah (zaw-naw')
to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)

thereupon the like things shall not come
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

neither shall it be so

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
"You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen.

King James Bible
And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and you engaged in prostitution on them. These places should not have been built, and this should never have happened!

International Standard Version
You took some of your clothes and made gaily-colored high places and prostituted yourself all around them—something which had never happened before nor will ever happen again.

NET Bible
You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You took some of your clothes and made your worship sites colorful. This is where you acted like a prostitute. Such things shouldn't happen. They shouldn't occur.

King James 2000 Bible
And of your garments you did take, and adorned your high places with various colors, and played the harlot on them: the like things have never been, neither shall be.

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