John 5:2
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
מַעֲרָב
maʻărâb
traffic; by implication, mercantile goods
בְּרֵכָה
bᵉrêkâh
a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
עִבְרִי
ʻIbrîy
an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...
Βηθεσδά
Bēthesdá
house of kindness; Beth-esda, a pool in Jerusalem
בַּעַל
baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
אוּלָם
ʼûwlâm
a vestibule (as bound to the building)
Key Terms in This Verse
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Study H3956 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →בַּעַל baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Study H1167 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate...
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, un...
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
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