Ephesians 5:25

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

בַּעַל

baʻal

H1167

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

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אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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your

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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as

Χριστός

Christós

G5547

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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also

אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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the

ἐκκλησία

ekklēsía

G1577

a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth ...

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and

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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for it

Key Terms in This Verse

Husbands H1167

בַּעַל baʻal

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

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church G1577

ἐκκλησία ekklēsía

a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both)

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loved H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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wives H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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love H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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gave H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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himself H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Christ G5547

Χριστός Christós

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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even H6153

עֶרֶב ʻereb

dusk

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Cross References

1 Peter 3:7 cross-reference

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hinder...

Colossians 3:19 cross-reference

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Ephesians 5:28 cross-reference

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Genesis 2:24 cross-reference

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Ephesians 5:33 cross-reference

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Ephesians 5:2 cross-reference

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Galatians 1:4 cross-reference

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Galatians 2:20 cross-reference

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself fo...

Revelation 5:9 cross-reference

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and p...

Matthew 20:28 cross-reference

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Revelation 1:5 cross-reference

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

Genesis 24:67 cross-reference

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Acts 20:28 cross-reference

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1 Timothy 2:6 cross-reference

Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

2 Samuel 12:3 cross-reference

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own ...

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.

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