John 7:36
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
אָן
ʼân
where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →Cross References
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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