1 Peter 2:12

New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation."

Word-by-Word Analysis

בַּעַל

baʻal

H1167

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

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your

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

20 occurrences View all →
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אָשַׁר

ʼâshar

H833

to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper

7 occurrences View all →
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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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the

גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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that

כִּי

kîy

H3588

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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they

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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you as

רָעַע

râʻaʻ

H7489

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

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they may by your

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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which they shall

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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כָּבַד

kâbad

H3513

to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same t...

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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in the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of

פְּקֻדָּה

pᵉquddâh

H6486

visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)

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Key Terms in This Verse

honest H833

אָשַׁר ʼâshar

to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper

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evildoers H7489

רָעַע râʻaʻ

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

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visitation H6486

פְּקֻדָּה pᵉquddâh

visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)

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conversation H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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glorify H3513

כָּבַד kâbad

to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)

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whereas H3588

כִּי kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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Gentiles H1471

גּוֹי gôwy

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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Having H1167

בַּעַל baʻal

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

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works H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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speak H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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Cross References

1 Peter 3:16 cross-reference

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

Matthew 5:16 cross-reference

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

2 Corinthians 8:21 cross-reference

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

1 Thessalonians 4:12 cross-reference

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

1 Timothy 4:12 cross-reference

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Philippians 1:27 cross-reference

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striv...

James 3:13 cross-reference

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

2 Corinthians 1:12 cross-reference

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor...

Romans 13:13 cross-reference

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

Romans 12:17 cross-reference

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

2 Peter 3:11 cross-reference

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Ephesians 4:22 cross-reference

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

1 Timothy 2:2 cross-reference

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

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;...

Hebrews 13:18 cross-reference

Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

Matthew 5:11 cross-reference

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Psalm 50:23 cross-reference

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Hebrews 13:5 cross-reference

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Luke 19:44 cross-reference

And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Romans 15:9 cross-reference

And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

Matthew 10:25 cross-reference

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

Isaiah 10:3 cross-reference

And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

1 Peter 4:11 cross-reference

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be p...

Psalm 37:14 cross-reference

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Acts 15:14 cross-reference

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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