Colossians 2:22
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
ἀπόχρησις
apóchrēsis
the act of using up, i.e. consumption
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
διδασκαλία
didaskalía
instruction (the function or the information)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p...
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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