2 Corinthians 13:10
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
סָתַר
çâthar
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
מִנְחָה
minchâh
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
מָשַׁל
mâshal
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
חֲרוּץ
chărûwts
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp tee...
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
English grammatical function word ('edification'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equiva...
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Key Terms in This Verse
חֲרוּץ chărûwts
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
Study H2742 →English grammatical function word ('edification'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they ar...
Study GRAM →מָשַׁל mâshal
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
Study H4911 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →מִנְחָה minchâh
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
Study H4503 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare...
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