1 Timothy 3:16
New Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
רָז
râz
to attenuate, i.e. (figuratively) hide; a mystery
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...
בָּרַר
bârar
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
צָדַק
tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
בָּשַׂר
bâsar
properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
אָמַן
ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...
תֵּבֵל
têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia,...
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Key Terms in This Verse
צָדַק tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
Study H6663 →בָּשַׂר bâsar
properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)
Study H1319 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →אָמַן ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Study H539 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →Cross References
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the...
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul...
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent d...
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin...
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of C...
Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
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