1 Corinthians 15:55
New Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
נָשַׁךְ
nâshak
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
גְּבוּרָה
gᵉbûwrâh
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
Key Terms in This Verse
נָשַׁךְ nâshak
to strike with a sting (as a serpent); figuratively, to oppress with interest on a loan
Study H5391 →גְּבוּרָה gᵉbûwrâh
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
Study H1369 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →Cross References
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are ...
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a...
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