James 3:12
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
זַיִת
zayith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
אוֹ
ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
גֶּפֶן
gephen
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
מָקוֹר
mâqôwr
properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); f...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מֶלַח
melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
לְשַׁד
lᵉshad
(figuratively) vigor; also a sweet or fat cake
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מָקוֹר mâqôwr
properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
Study H4726 →זַיִת zayith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
Study H2132 →מֶלַח melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
Study H4417 →אוֹ ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Study H176 →Cross References
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
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