2 Corinthians 12:2
New Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
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)
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
כְּבָר
kᵉbâr
properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
הֵן
hên
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
הֵן
hên
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
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...
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אָחַז
ʼâchaz
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
שְׁלִישִׁי
shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
Key Terms in This Verse
כְּבָר kᵉbâr
properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
Study H3528 →אָחַז ʼâchaz
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Study H270 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →שְׁלִישִׁי shᵉlîyshîy
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
Study H7992 →Cross References
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of t...
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me:...
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast hi...
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
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