Ephesians 4:25
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →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 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →Cross References
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
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...
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and chee...
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
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