1 Corinthians 9:5
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
ἀπόστολος
apóstolos
a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Κηφᾶς
Kēphâs
the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter
Key Terms in This Verse
נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →ἀπόστολος apóstolos
a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
Study G652 →אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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