1 Peter 5:8

New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Be

σώφρων

sṓphrōn

G4998

safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)

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be

γρηγορεύω

grēgoreúō

G1127

to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively)

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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your

צַר

tsar

H6862

narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

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the

שֵׁד

shêd

H7700

a doemon (as malignant)

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as a

שְׁאָגָה

shᵉʼâgâh

H7581

a rumbling or moan

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אֲרִי

ʼărîy

H738

a lion

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הָלַךְ

hâlak

H1980

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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סָבִיב

çâbîyb

H5439

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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דָּרַשׁ

dârash

H1875

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

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whom he may

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

vigilant G1127

γρηγορεύω grēgoreúō

to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively)

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sober G4998

σώφρων sṓphrōn

safe (sound) in mind, i.e. self-controlled (moderate as to opinion or passion)

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seeking H1875

דָּרַשׁ dârash

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

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roaring H7581

שְׁאָגָה shᵉʼâgâh

a rumbling or moan

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adversary H6862

צַר tsar

narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

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walketh H1980

הָלַךְ hâlak

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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devil H7700

שֵׁד shêd

a doemon (as malignant)

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devour H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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lion H738

אֲרִי ʼărîy

a lion

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about H5439

סָבִיב çâbîyb

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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Cross References

Ephesians 6:11 cross-reference

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

James 4:7 cross-reference

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 4:27 cross-reference

Neither give place to the devil.

Job 2:2 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

1 Peter 1:13 cross-reference

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 4:7 cross-reference

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Luke 21:36 cross-reference

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Luke 22:31 cross-reference

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Titus 2:12 cross-reference

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Revelation 12:12 cross-reference

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath bu...

John 8:44 cross-reference

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he...

Matthew 13:39 cross-reference

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Revelation 12:9 cross-reference

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 20:10 cross-reference

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Luke 21:34 cross-reference

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Matthew 24:42 cross-reference

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Zechariah 3:1 cross-reference

And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

Titus 1:8 cross-reference

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

2 Timothy 4:17 cross-reference

Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Amos 3:8 cross-reference

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

Titus 2:6 cross-reference

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

Titus 2:2 cross-reference

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Isaiah 50:8 cross-reference

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

Proverbs 20:2 cross-reference

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

1 Timothy 2:15 cross-reference

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

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