Exodus 21:15
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
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.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of moth...
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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