2 Corinthians 12:16
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַשָּׂא
massâʼ
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
אַךְ
ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
עָרַם
ʻâram
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
אָחַז
ʼâchaz
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָרַם ʻâram
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
Study H6191 →אָחַז ʼâchaz
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Study H270 →מַשָּׂא massâʼ
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
Study H4853 →אַךְ ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
Study H389 →Cross References
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscienc...
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor...
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
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