Ezekiel 16:25
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"You builtבָּנִית֙
(ba·nit)
1129: to builda prim. root
yourself a high placeרָֽמָתֵ֔ךְ
(ra·ma·tech,)
7413: height, high placefrom rum
at the topרֹ֣אשׁ
(rosh)
7218: heada prim. root
of everyלְכָל־
(le·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
streetדֶּ֗רֶךְ
(de·rech)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
and madeוַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙
(vat·te·ta·'a·vi)
8581: to abhordenominative verb from toebah
your beautyיָפְיֵ֔ךְ
(ya·fe·yech,)
3308: beautyfrom yaphah
abominable, 
 
8581: to abhordenominative verb from toebah
and you spreadוַתְּפַשְּׂקִ֥י
(vat·te·fas·se·ki)
6589: to part, open widea prim. root
your legsרַגְלַ֖יִךְ
(rag·la·yich)
7272: footof uncertain derivation
to every 
 
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
passer-byעֹובֵ֑ר
(o·v·ver;)
5674a: to pass over, through, or by, pass ona prim. root
to multiplyוַתַּרְבִּ֖י
(vat·tar·bi)
7235a: to be or become much, many or greata prim. root
your harlotry.(תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃
(taz·nu·ta·yich.)
8457: fornicationfrom zanah


















KJV Lexicon
Thou hast built
banah  (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
thy high place
ramah  (raw-maw')
a height (as a seat of idolatry) -- high place.
at every head
ro'sh  (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of the way
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
and hast made thy beauty
yophiy  (yof-ee')
beauty -- beauty.
to be abhorred
ta`ab  (taw-ab')
to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest -- (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), utterly.
and hast opened
pasaq  (paw-sak')
to dispart (the feet or lips), i.e. become licentious -- open (wide).
thy feet
regel  (reh'-gel)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda -- be able to endure, according as, after, coming, follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), great toe, haunt, journey, leg, piss, possession, time.
to every one that passed by
`abar  (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
and multiplied
rabah  (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
thy whoredoms
taznuwth  (taz-nooth')
harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry -- fornication, whoredom.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"You built yourself a high place at the top of every street and made your beauty abominable, and you spread your legs to every passer-by to multiply your harlotry.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You built your elevated place at the head of every street and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.

International Standard Version
At every street corner you made your beauty abhorrent when you made yourself available for sex to anyone who was passing by. By doing this, you kept on committing more and more immorality.

NET Bible
At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced your beauty when you spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You also built worship sites at the head of every street. You used your beauty to seduce people there. You offered your body to everyone who passed by. You increased your acts of prostitution.

King James 2000 Bible
You have built your high place at the head of every street, and have made your beauty to be abhorred, and have offered yourself to everyone that passed by, and multiplied your harlotries.
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