John 12:26
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →כָּבוֹד kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Study H3519 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I ...
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God ...
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
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