John 6:60
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
קָשָׁה
qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָשָׁה qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
Study H7185 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, u...
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
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