Colossians 3:12

New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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as the

בָּחִיר

bâchîyr

H972

select

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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...

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קֹדֶשׁ

qôdesh

H6944

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

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דּוֹד

dôwd

H1730

(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle

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מֵעֶה

mêʻeh

H4578

used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uteru...

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רַחַם

racham

H7356

compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden

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חֵסֵד

chêçêd

H2617

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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ταπεινοφροσύνη

tapeinophrosýnē

G5012

humiliation of mind, i.e. modesty

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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עַנְוָה

ʻanvâh

H6037

mildness (royal); also (concretely) oppressed

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μακροθυμία

makrothymía

G3115

longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude

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Key Terms in This Verse

humbleness G5012

ταπεινοφροσύνη tapeinophrosýnē

humiliation of mind, i.e. modesty

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meekness H6037

עַנְוָה ʻanvâh

mildness (royal); also (concretely) oppressed

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longsuffering G3115

μακροθυμία makrothymía

longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude

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elect H972

בָּחִיר bâchîyr

select

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bowels H4578

מֵעֶה mêʻeh

used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (...

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mercies H7356

רַחַם racham

compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden

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kindness H2617

חֵסֵד chêçêd

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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mind H5315

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)

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beloved H1730

דּוֹד dôwd

(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle

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holy H6944

קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

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Cross References

Ephesians 4:32 cross-reference

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Ephesians 4:2 cross-reference

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Colossians 3:10 cross-reference

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

2 Peter 1:10 cross-reference

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

1 Thessalonians 5:15 cross-reference

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Jeremiah 31:3 cross-reference

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

2 Corinthians 6:6 cross-reference

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

Galatians 5:6 cross-reference

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

Ezekiel 16:8 cross-reference

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant ...

2 Timothy 2:10 cross-reference

Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Matthew 24:31 cross-reference

And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Romans 1:7 cross-reference

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:2 cross-reference

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Ephesians 4:24 cross-reference

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Titus 1:1 cross-reference

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

Luke 18:7 cross-reference

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Mark 13:27 cross-reference

And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

Isaiah 63:15 cross-reference

Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained...

Isaiah 42:1 cross-reference

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Luke 1:78 cross-reference

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

Mark 13:22 cross-reference

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

Philippians 1:8 cross-reference

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 65:9 cross-reference

And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

Mark 13:20 cross-reference

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Isaiah 65:22 cross-reference

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

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