Ephesians 6:1

New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right."

Word-by-Word Analysis

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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your

γονεύς

goneús

G1118

a parent

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in the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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for this is

יְמָנִי

yᵉmânîy

H3233

right (i.e. at the right hand)

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Key Terms in This Verse

parents G1118

γονεύς goneús

a parent

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obey H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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right H3233

יְמָנִי yᵉmânîy

right (i.e. at the right hand)

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Children H1121

בֵּן bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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Lord H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Proverbs 23:22 cross-reference

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Proverbs 6:20 cross-reference

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 1:8 cross-reference

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Deuteronomy 21:18 cross-reference

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Leviticus 19:3 cross-reference

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Romans 12:2 cross-reference

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

1 Timothy 5:4 cross-reference

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Luke 2:51 cross-reference

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Romans 7:12 cross-reference

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Proverbs 30:17 cross-reference

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Job 33:27 cross-reference

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

1 Peter 2:13 cross-reference

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

Hosea 14:9 cross-reference

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Proverbs 30:11 cross-reference

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

Genesis 28:7 cross-reference

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

Esther 2:20 cross-reference

Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

Psalm 19:8 cross-reference

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalm 119:75 cross-reference

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Genesis 37:13 cross-reference

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

1 Corinthians 15:58 cross-reference

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Romans 16:2 cross-reference

That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

Jeremiah 35:14 cross-reference

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spok...

Nehemiah 9:13 cross-reference

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

1 Samuel 17:20 cross-reference

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shout...

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