Colossians 2:17
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Key Terms in This Verse
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)
Study H5315 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the patter...
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
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