Ephesians 5:14
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."
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...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →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 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto Go...
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
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