Galatians 3:5
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"
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...
ἐπιχορηγέω
epichorēgéō
to furnish besides, i.e. fully supply, (figuratively) aid or contribute
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
פָּלָא
pâlâʼ
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אֵמוּן
ʼêmûwn
established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness
Key Terms in This Verse
ἐπιχορηγέω epichorēgéō
to furnish besides, i.e. fully supply, (figuratively) aid or contribute
Study G2023 →פָּלָא pâlâʼ
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
Study H6381 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →אֵמוּן ʼêmûwn
established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness
Study H529 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →Cross References
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
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