Luke 11:18
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׂטָן
sâṭân
an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
δαιμόνιον
daimónion
a dæmonic being; by extension a deity
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
Βεελζεβούλ
Beelzeboúl
dung-god; Beelzebul, a name of Satan
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂטָן sâṭân
an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good
Study H7854 →חָלַק châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
Study H2505 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
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