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

I

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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a

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

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)

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in

Χριστός

Christós

G5547

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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מַעַל

maʻal

H4605

properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.

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אַרְבַּע

ʼarbaʻ

H702

four

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שָׁנֶה

shâneh

H8141

a year (as a revolution of time)

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כְּבָר

kᵉbâr

H3528

properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto

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הֵן

hên

H2006

lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if

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in the

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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I

יָכֹל

yâkôl

H3201

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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נָגַד

nâgad

H5046

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...

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or

הֵן

hên

H2006

lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if

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out of the

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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I

יָכֹל

yâkôl

H3201

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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נָגַד

nâgad

H5046

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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such an

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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אָחַז

ʼâchaz

H270

to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

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up to the

שְׁלִישִׁי

shᵉlîyshîy

H7992

third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)

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שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

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...

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Key Terms in This Verse

ago H3528

כְּבָר kᵉbâr

properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto

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fourteen H702

אַרְבַּע ʼarbaʻ

four

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caught H270

אָחַז ʼâchaz

to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

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knoweth 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...

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knew 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...

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whether H2006

הֵן hên

lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if

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whether H2006

הֵן hên

lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if

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body 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)

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body 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)

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third H7992

שְׁלִישִׁי shᵉlîyshîy

third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)

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Cross References

Acts 22:17 cross-reference

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;

1 Thessalonians 4:17 cross-reference

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.

2 Corinthians 11:11 cross-reference

Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.

Revelation 4:2 cross-reference

And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Isaiah 57:15 cross-reference

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...

1 Kings 18:12 cross-reference

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:...

1 Kings 8:27 cross-reference

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?

Acts 14:6 cross-reference

They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

Ephesians 4:10 cross-reference

He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Ezekiel 11:24 cross-reference

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.

2 Corinthians 5:17 cross-reference

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

John 6:56 cross-reference

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

Romans 16:7 cross-reference

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Luke 24:51 cross-reference

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

Romans 8:1 cross-reference

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Galatians 1:22 cross-reference

And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:

Galatians 5:6 cross-reference

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Hebrews 9:24 cross-reference

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:

2 Corinthians 13:5 cross-reference

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?

2 Kings 2:16 cross-reference

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...

2 Corinthians 5:21 cross-reference

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.

1 Corinthians 1:30 cross-reference

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Revelation 12:5 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 148:4 cross-reference

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

Revelation 1:10 cross-reference

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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