Luke 11:46
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
νομικός
nomikós
according (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal (ceremonially); as noun, an expert in the (Mosaic) law
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
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...
נָגַע
nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive,...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אֶצְבַּע
ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
Key Terms in This Verse
νομικός nomikós
according (or pertaining) to law, i.e. legal (ceremonially); as noun, an expert in the (Mosaic) law
Study G3544 →אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
Study H676 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →נָגַע nâgaʻ
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, d...
Study H5060 →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
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
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