James 2:21
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
צָדַק
tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
יִצְחָק
Yitschâq
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
Key Terms in This Verse
צָדַק tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
Study H6663 →עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who ...
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
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