1 Thessalonians 4:4

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

That every

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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of you should

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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how to

יָרַשׁ

yârash

H3423

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish...

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his

כְּלִי

kᵉlîy

H3627

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

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in

ἁγιασμός

hagiasmós

G38

properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

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and

כָּבוֹד

kâbôwd

H3519

properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

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Key Terms in This Verse

sanctification G38

ἁγιασμός hagiasmós

properly, purification, i.e. (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier

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vessel H3627

כְּלִי kᵉlîy

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

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possess H3423

יָרַשׁ yârash

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

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honour H3519

כָּבוֹד kâbôwd

properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

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know H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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one H259

אֶחָד ʼechâd

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:9 cross-reference

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Romans 12:1 cross-reference

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

1 Corinthians 6:15 cross-reference

Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

1 Peter 3:7 cross-reference

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hinder...

Hebrews 13:4 cross-reference

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Romans 6:19 cross-reference

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servan...

1 Corinthians 7:2 cross-reference

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Philippians 4:8 cross-reference

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;...

Romans 1:24 cross-reference

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

Acts 9:15 cross-reference

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

2 Corinthians 4:7 cross-reference

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

1 Samuel 21:5 cross-reference

And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a man...

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