Deuteronomy 5:16
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
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...
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
מָשַׁךְ
mâshak
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
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...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָשַׁךְ mâshak
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
Study H4900 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →כָּבוֹד kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Study H3519 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon...
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
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