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
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
πειράζω
peirázō
to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
לָשַׁן
lâshan
to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
אֶצְבַּע
ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
πειράζω peirázō
to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
Study G3985 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →Cross References
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.
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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?
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;
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
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?
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
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.
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.
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
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.
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.
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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