Galatians 3:19
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
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...
פֶּשַׁע
peshaʻ
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
μεσίτης
mesítēs
a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor)
Key Terms in This Verse
μεσίτης mesítēs
a go-between, i.e. (simply) an internunciator, or (by implication) a reconciler (intercessor)
Study G3316 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
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.
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
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