John 12:2
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
δεῖπνον
deîpnon
dinner, i.e. the chief meal (usually in the evening)
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Λάζαρος
Lázaros
Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
שֻׁלְחָן
shulchân
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
Key Terms in This Verse
Λάζαρος Lázaros
Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)
Study G2976 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his ...
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and ...
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
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