Ephesians 4:9

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Now that he

עָלָה

ʻâlâh

H5927

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

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what is it but that he also

יָרַד

yârad

H3381

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau...

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רִאשׁוֹן

riʼshôwn

H7223

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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into the

שָׁפָל

shâphâl

H8217

depressed, literally or figuratively

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תַּחְתִּי

tachtîy

H8482

lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)

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of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

lower H8217

שָׁפָל shâphâl

depressed, literally or figuratively

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ascended H5927

עָלָה ʻâlâh

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

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descended H3381

יָרַד yârad

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applicat...

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parts H8482

תַּחְתִּי tachtîy

lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)

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first H7223

רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

John 3:13 cross-reference

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Matthew 12:40 cross-reference

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Proverbs 30:4 cross-reference

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w...

John 6:33 cross-reference

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

Psalm 63:9 cross-reference

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Exodus 19:20 cross-reference

And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

John 6:62 cross-reference

What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

John 20:17 cross-reference

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Psalm 8:5 cross-reference

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

John 6:41 cross-reference

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

Isaiah 44:23 cross-reference

Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glori...

John 6:38 cross-reference

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Genesis 11:5 cross-reference

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Psalm 139:15 cross-reference

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Hebrews 2:9 cross-reference

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

John 6:58 cross-reference

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

John 6:51 cross-reference

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Hebrews 2:7 cross-reference

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

John 8:14 cross-reference

Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

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