2 Corinthians 5:1
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
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...
ἐπίγειος
epígeios
worldly (physically or morally)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
παραλυτικός
paralytikós
as if dissolved, i.e. "paralytic"
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...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
קֶדֶם
qedem
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
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
קֶדֶם qedem
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
Study H6924 →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 revolve)
Study H8064 →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 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
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:
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against th...
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
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