2 Corinthians 11:17
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מִבְטָח
mibṭâch
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
καύχησις
kaúchēsis
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
Key Terms in This Verse
καύχησις kaúchēsis
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
Study G2746 →מִבְטָח mibṭâch
properly, a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
Study H4009 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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