Galatians 4:24
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
διαθήκη
diathḗkē
properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
γεννάω
gennáō
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
כָּבַשׁ
kâbash
to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate
Key Terms in This Verse
γεννάω gennáō
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
Study G1080 →διαθήκη diathḗkē
properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
Study G1242 →כָּבַשׁ kâbash
to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate
Study H3533 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
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.
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
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