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
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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); cau...
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
שָׁפָל
shâphâl
depressed, literally or figuratively
תַּחְתִּי
tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →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...
Study H3381 →תַּחְתִּי tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
Study H8482 →Cross References
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
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.
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...
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
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.
What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
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.
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
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...
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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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