Ephesians 5:28
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
פֶּגֶר
peger
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
פֶּגֶר peger
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
Study H6297 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →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)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
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