1 Peter 5:6
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָנָה
ʻânâh
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
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...
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
רוּם
rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
עָנָה ʻânâh
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
Study H6031 →רוּם rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Study H7311 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →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 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desola...
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of t...
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
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