Luke 11:39
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Φαρισαῖος
Pharisaîos
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
כּוֹס
kôwç
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its e...
צֵלָחָה
tsêlâchâh
something protracted or flattened out, i.e. a platter
קֶרֶב
qereb
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
טָרַף
ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Key Terms in This Verse
טָרַף ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Study H2963 →קֶרֶב qereb
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
Study H7130 →כּוֹס kôwç
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
Study H3563 →Φαρισαῖος Pharisaîos
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
Study G5330 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →Cross References
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many w...
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
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