Galatians 3:16
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
ἐπαγγελία
epangelía
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Key Terms in This Verse
ἐπαγγελία epangelía
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
Study G1860 →Cross References
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who ...
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy s...
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
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