Galatians 1:14
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
συνηλικιώτης
synēlikiṓtēs
a co-aged person, i.e. alike in years
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
מְאֹד
mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or ...
קָנָא
qânâʼ
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
παράδοσις
parádosis
transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
παράδοσις parádosis
transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law
Study G3862 →קָנָא qânâʼ
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
Study H7065 →מְאֹד mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
Study H3966 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →יְהוּדִי Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Study H3064 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was ...
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p...
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the swor...
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