Deuteronomy 13:6
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
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 ...
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
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 ...
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
חֵיק
chêyq
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
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...
פָּתָה
pâthâh
to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) ...
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּתָה pâthâh
to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude
Study H6601 →סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →Cross References
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up...
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loose...
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a ...
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to ...
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children o...
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
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