Deuteronomy 25:3
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
גָּבַר
gâbar
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
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...
גָּבַר
gâbar
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
קָלָה
qâlâh
to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָלָה qâlâh
to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)
Study H7034 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →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 →Cross References
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