Luke 12:16
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
מָשָׁל
mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Key Terms in This Verse
מָשָׁל mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Study H4912 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →יָצָא yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Study H3318 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
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)
Study H376 →Cross References
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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