1 Corinthians 12:17
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →Cross References
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
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