2 Corinthians 5:4
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
θλῖψις
thlîpsis
pressure (literally or figuratively)
ἐκδύω
ekdýō
to cause to sink out of, i.e. (specially as of clothing) to divest
לָבַשׁ
lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
English grammatical function word ('mortality'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivale...
בֶּלַע
belaʻ
a gulp; figuratively, destruction
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
Key Terms in This Verse
ἐκδύω ekdýō
to cause to sink out of, i.e. (specially as of clothing) to divest
Study G1562 →English grammatical function word ('mortality'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are ...
Study GRAM →לָבַשׁ lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
Study H3847 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →Cross References
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
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