James 2:25
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
זָנָה
zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...
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
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Key Terms in This Verse
זָנָה zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...
Study H2181 →צָדַק tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
Study H6663 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →Cross References
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sen...
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
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.
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
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