Ephesians 5:12
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writte...
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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