2 Corinthians 12:7

New Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

בִּלְתִּי

biltîy

H1115

properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...

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I should be

רוּם

rûwm

H7311

to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

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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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מָדַד

mâdad

H4058

properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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the

שִׁפְעָה

shiphʻâh

H8229

copiousness

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of the

ἀποκάλυψις

apokálypsis

G602

disclosure

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there was

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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to me a

קוֹץ

qôwts

H6975

a thorn

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in the

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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the

מֲלְאָךְ

mălʼâk

H4397

a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

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of

שָׂטָן

sâṭân

H7854

an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good

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to

κολαφίζω

kolaphízō

G2852

to rap with the fist

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me

בִּלְתִּי

biltîy

H1115

properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...

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I should be

רוּם

rûwm

H7311

to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

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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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מָדַד

mâdad

H4058

properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended

69 occurrences View all →
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Key Terms in This Verse

revelations G602

ἀποκάλυψις apokálypsis

disclosure

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buffet G2852

κολαφίζω kolaphízō

to rap with the fist

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thorn H6975

קוֹץ qôwts

a thorn

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messenger H4397

מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk

a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

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Satan H7854

שָׂטָן sâṭân

an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good

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exalted H7311

רוּם rûwm

to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

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exalted H7311

רוּם rûwm

to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

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abundance H8229

שִׁפְעָה shiphʻâh

copiousness

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measure H4058

מָדַד mâdad

properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended

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measure H4058

מָדַד mâdad

properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended

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Cross References

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But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and...

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Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

Genesis 32:31 cross-reference

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

Galatians 4:13 cross-reference

Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

Daniel 5:20 cross-reference

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

1 Corinthians 5:5 cross-reference

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:6 cross-reference

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Job 2:7 cross-reference

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Deuteronomy 8:14 cross-reference

Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

2 Chronicles 26:16 cross-reference

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Genesis 32:25 cross-reference

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

2 Chronicles 32:31 cross-reference

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in...

2 Corinthians 10:5 cross-reference

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Ezekiel 28:24 cross-reference

And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

1 Corinthians 4:11 cross-reference

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

2 Corinthians 11:20 cross-reference

For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

Deuteronomy 17:20 cross-reference

That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and ...

Luke 13:16 cross-reference

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

Matthew 26:67 cross-reference

Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

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