2 Corinthians 5:1

New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For we

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

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

763 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
that if our

ἐπίγειος

epígeios

G1919

worldly (physically or morally)

5 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

2024 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
of this

אֹהֶל

ʼôhel

H168

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

328 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
were

παραλυτικός

paralytikós

G3885

as if dissolved, i.e. "paralytic"

8 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
we have a

בִּנְיָן

binyân

H1146

an edifice

37 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
of

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...

4472 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
an

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

2024 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
not

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

1406 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
with

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

461 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

קֶדֶם

qedem

H6924

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

47 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
in the

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...

133 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

Key Terms in This Verse

earthly G1919

ἐπίγειος epígeios

worldly (physically or morally)

Study G1919 →
dissolved G3885

παραλυτικός paralytikós

as if dissolved, i.e. "paralytic"

Study G3885 →
building H1146

בִּנְיָן binyân

an edifice

Study H1146 →
eternal H6924

קֶדֶם qedem

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

Study H6924 →
heavens H8064

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim

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 revolve)

Study H8064 →
tabernacle H168

אֹהֶל ʼôhel

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

Study H168 →
hands H3027

יָד yâd

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

Study H3027 →
know 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...

Study H3045 →
made H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Study H6213 →
house H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Study H1004 →

Cross References

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 4:7 cross-reference

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Hebrews 9:11 cross-reference

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Job 4:19 cross-reference

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

2 Corinthians 5:4 cross-reference

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.

1 Peter 1:4 cross-reference

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Hebrews 11:10 cross-reference

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Mark 14:58 cross-reference

We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

Genesis 3:19 cross-reference

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Colossians 2:11 cross-reference

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

Job 30:22 cross-reference

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

2 Peter 3:11 cross-reference

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

1 Corinthians 3:9 cross-reference

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

2 Timothy 1:12 cross-reference

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against th...

Psalm 56:9 cross-reference

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

Related Passages

Welcome to LOGOS Study

Your complete Bible study toolkit