Luke 12:19

New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I will

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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to my

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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thou hast

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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רְכוּשׁ

rᵉkûwsh

H7399

property (as gathered)

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שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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up for

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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שָׁנֶה

shâneh

H8141

a year (as a revolution of time)

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לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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thine

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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שָׁתָה

shâthâh

H8354

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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and be

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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Key Terms in This Verse

ease H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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merry H2896

טוֹב ṭôwb

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...

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goods H7399

רְכוּשׁ rᵉkûwsh

property (as gathered)

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laid H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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much H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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drink H8354

שָׁתָה shâthâh

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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soul H5315

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)

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Soul H5315

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)

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years H8141

שָׁנֶה shâneh

a year (as a revolution of time)

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many H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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Cross References

Proverbs 27:1 cross-reference

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

1 Corinthians 15:32 cross-reference

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

Philippians 3:19 cross-reference

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Isaiah 5:11 cross-reference

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Ecclesiastes 11:9 cross-reference

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things...

James 5:5 cross-reference

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Psalm 62:10 cross-reference

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Proverbs 18:11 cross-reference

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

2 Timothy 3:4 cross-reference

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Revelation 18:7 cross-reference

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Isaiah 22:13 cross-reference

And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

1 Peter 4:3 cross-reference

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Hosea 12:8 cross-reference

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Isaiah 5:8 cross-reference

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Job 14:1 cross-reference

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Proverbs 23:5 cross-reference

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

1 Timothy 6:17 cross-reference

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Habakkuk 1:16 cross-reference

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

Psalm 49:18 cross-reference

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

1 Timothy 5:6 cross-reference

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

Luke 16:19 cross-reference

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

Luke 21:34 cross-reference

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

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