2 Corinthians 9:4
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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...
-πώς
-pṓs
an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
Μακεδονία
Makedonía
Macedonia, a region of Greece
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בּוּשׁ
bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
בָּטַח
bâṭach
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
καύχησις
kaúchēsis
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
Key Terms in This Verse
-πώς -pṓs
an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
Study G4458 →καύχησις kaúchēsis
boasting (properly, the act; by implication, the object), in a good or a bad sense
Study G2746 →בּוּשׁ bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Study H954 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →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 →Cross References
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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