Colossians 3:21
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
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...
קָצַר
qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָצַר qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Study H7114 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →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 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
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