John 10:24
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
טָרַף
ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
Key Terms in This Verse
טָרַף ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Study H2963 →μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →יְהוּדִי Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Study H3064 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
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