John 8:6

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."

Word-by-Word Analysis

This they

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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πειράζω

peirázō

G3985

to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline

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him that they might have to

לָשַׁן

lâshan

H3960

to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate

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him But

Ἰησοῦς

Iēsoûs

G2424

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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κύπτω

kýptō

G2955

to bend forward

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down and with his

אֶצְבַּע

ʼetsbaʻ

H676

something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe

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כָּתַב

kâthab

H3789

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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on the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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as

כִּי

kîy

H3588

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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he

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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them not

Key Terms in This Verse

tempting G3985

πειράζω peirázō

to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline

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stooped G2955

κύπτω kýptō

to bend forward

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accuse H3960

לָשַׁן lâshan

to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate

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finger H676

אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ

something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe

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wrote H3789

כָּתַב kâthab

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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ground H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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though H3588

כִּי kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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heard H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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Jesus G2424

Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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said H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:13 cross-reference

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Luke 10:25 cross-reference

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Ecclesiastes 3:7 cross-reference

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Amos 5:10 cross-reference

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Matthew 19:3 cross-reference

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Numbers 14:22 cross-reference

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Amos 5:13 cross-reference

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

Proverbs 26:17 cross-reference

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Matthew 22:18 cross-reference

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35 cross-reference

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

Genesis 49:9 cross-reference

Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

1 Corinthians 10:9 cross-reference

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Mark 8:11 cross-reference

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Matthew 15:23 cross-reference

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Matthew 26:63 cross-reference

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

Daniel 5:5 cross-reference

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Mark 10:2 cross-reference

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Matthew 10:16 cross-reference

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew 16:1 cross-reference

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:16 cross-reference

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

Psalm 39:1 cross-reference

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Mark 12:15 cross-reference

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

John 8:2 cross-reference

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

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