Ephesians 6:4

New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And ye

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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נָאַץ

nâʼats

H5006

to scorn;

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not your

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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to

אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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but

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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them up in the

παιδεία

paideía

G3809

tutorage, i.e. education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction

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and

מֹסָר

môçâr

H4561

admonition

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Key Terms in This Verse

nurture G3809

παιδεία paideía

tutorage, i.e. education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction

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admonition H4561

מֹסָר môçâr

admonition

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provoke H5006

נָאַץ nâʼats

to scorn;

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wrath H639

אַף ʼaph

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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bring H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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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

Colossians 3:21 cross-reference

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Proverbs 22:6 cross-reference

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 29:15 cross-reference

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 19:18 cross-reference

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Deuteronomy 6:7 cross-reference

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

2 Timothy 3:15 cross-reference

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 29:17 cross-reference

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Genesis 18:19 cross-reference

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h...

Deuteronomy 4:9 cross-reference

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, ...

2 Timothy 1:5 cross-reference

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Proverbs 22:15 cross-reference

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Joshua 24:15 cross-reference

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites...

1 Chronicles 28:20 cross-reference

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until...

Isaiah 38:19 cross-reference

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

1 Chronicles 29:19 cross-reference

And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

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