Galatians 6:4
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
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)
נָסָה
nâçâh
to test; by implication, to attempt
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
שָׂחַק
sâchaq
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂחַק sâchaq
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
Study H7832 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →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
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor...
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
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