2 Corinthians 7:9
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׂמַח
sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אָוֶן
ʼâven
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
חָסִיד
châçîyd
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
אָוֶן ʼâven
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
Study H205 →שָׂמַח sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Study H8055 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for h...
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
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...
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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