2 Corinthians 11:16
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
אוֹ
ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
הָלַל
hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causative...
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹ ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Study H176 →הָלַל hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
Study H1984 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →Cross References
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
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