2 Corinthians 10:4

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)"

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

כְּלִי

kᵉlîy

H3627

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

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of our

πόλεμος

pólemos

G4171

warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series)

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are not

מִשְׁכָּב

mishkâb

H4904

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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but

גִּבּוֹר

gibbôwr

H1368

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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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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to the

ἁρπάζω

harpázō

G726

to seize (in various applications)

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down of

חָזָק

châzâq

H2389

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

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מִבְצָר

mibtsâr

H4013

a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender

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Key Terms in This Verse

pulling G726

ἁρπάζω harpázō

to seize (in various applications)

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warfare G4171

πόλεμος pólemos

warfare (literally or figuratively; a single encounter or a series)

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carnal H4904

מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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weapons H3627

כְּלִי kᵉlîy

something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)

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holds H4013

מִבְצָר mibtsâr

a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender

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strong H2389

חָזָק châzâq

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

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mighty H1368

גִּבּוֹר gibbôwr

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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through H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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God H430

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...

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 6:7 cross-reference

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Jeremiah 1:10 cross-reference

See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

1 Corinthians 2:5 cross-reference

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

1 Timothy 1:18 cross-reference

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

Romans 13:12 cross-reference

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 cross-reference

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

2 Corinthians 4:7 cross-reference

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Romans 6:13 cross-reference

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto Go...

2 Corinthians 3:5 cross-reference

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Psalm 110:2 cross-reference

The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Hebrews 11:30 cross-reference

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

2 Timothy 2:3 cross-reference

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Joshua 6:20 cross-reference

So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down f...

Acts 7:22 cross-reference

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

Isaiah 30:25 cross-reference

And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

2 Corinthians 13:10 cross-reference

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

1 Corinthians 9:7 cross-reference

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

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