Ephesians 2:3

New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."

Word-by-Word Analysis

תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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whom also we all had our

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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in

פַּעַם

paʻam

H6471

a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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in the

ἐπιθυμία

epithymía

G1939

a longing (especially for what is forbidden)

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of our

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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the

מִשְׁאָלָה

mishʼâlâh

H4862

a request

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of the

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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and of the

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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and were by

מָשָׁל

mâshâl

H4912

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

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the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of

אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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as

אַחֵר

ʼachêr

H312

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

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Key Terms in This Verse

fulfilling H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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desires H4862

מִשְׁאָלָה mishʼâlâh

a request

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nature H4912

מָשָׁל mâshâl

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

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conversation H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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lusts G1939

ἐπιθυμία epithymía

a longing (especially for what is forbidden)

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past H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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others H312

אַחֵר ʼachêr

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

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mind H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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times H6471

פַּעַם paʻam

a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

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wrath H639

אַף ʼaph

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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Cross References

Titus 3:3 cross-reference

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Ephesians 4:22 cross-reference

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

1 Peter 1:14 cross-reference

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Romans 13:14 cross-reference

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Romans 6:12 cross-reference

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Psalm 51:5 cross-reference

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Ephesians 2:2 cross-reference

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

John 8:44 cross-reference

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he...

2 Corinthians 7:1 cross-reference

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

1 Corinthians 4:7 cross-reference

For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Romans 7:18 cross-reference

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Genesis 6:5 cross-reference

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Mark 4:19 cross-reference

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Genesis 8:21 cross-reference

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will ...

Isaiah 53:6 cross-reference

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Romans 9:22 cross-reference

What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

Job 14:4 cross-reference

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Job 25:4 cross-reference

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Romans 11:30 cross-reference

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:

John 1:13 cross-reference

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

1 Timothy 6:9 cross-reference

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

2 Peter 2:18 cross-reference

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

Galatians 3:22 cross-reference

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

2 Peter 2:14 cross-reference

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

Romans 1:24 cross-reference

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

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