Luke 11:24

New Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out."

Word-by-Word Analysis

When the

טָמֵא

ṭâmêʼ

H2930

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

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רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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is

הָלַךְ

hâlak

H1980

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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out of a

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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he

הָלַךְ

hâlak

H1980

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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יַבָּשָׁה

yabbâshâh

H3004

dry ground

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בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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דָּרַשׁ

dârash

H1875

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

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יֶתֶר

yether

H3499

properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)

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and

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ

H4672

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

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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he

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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I will

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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unto my

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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אַיִן

ʼayin

H370

where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)

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I

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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out

Key Terms in This Verse

finding H4672

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

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seeking H1875

דָּרַשׁ dârash

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

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walketh H1980

הָלַךְ hâlak

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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dry H3004

יַבָּשָׁה yabbâshâh

dry ground

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whence H370

אַיִן ʼayin

where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)

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unclean H2930

טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

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gone H1980

הָלַךְ hâlak

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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places H1116

בָּמָה bâmâh

an elevation

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return H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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rest H3499

יֶתֶר yether

properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)

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Cross References

1 Peter 5:8 cross-reference

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Job 2:2 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Psalm 63:1 cross-reference

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Mark 5:10 cross-reference

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

Job 1:7 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Ephesians 2:2 cross-reference

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Isaiah 44:3 cross-reference

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Mark 9:25 cross-reference

When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

Isaiah 48:22 cross-reference

There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Proverbs 4:16 cross-reference

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Isaiah 35:7 cross-reference

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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