Galatians 3:17
New Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
שְׁלוֹשִׁים
shᵉlôwshîym
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
פָּרַר
pârar
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּרַר pârar
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
Study H6565 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and t...
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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