Deuteronomy 15:11
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
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