Luke 12:33
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָכַר
mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
ἐλεημοσύνη
eleēmosýnē
compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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...
צוּר
tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
גָּעַל
gâʻal
to detest; by implication, to reject
נָגַשׁ
nâgash
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati...
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Key Terms in This Verse
נָגַשׁ nâgash
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argum...
Study H5066 →צוּר tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Study H6696 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →ἐλεημοσύνη eleēmosýnē
compassionateness, i.e. (as exercised towards the poor) beneficence, or (concretely) a benefaction
Study G1654 →מָכַר mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Study H4376 →Cross References
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to pu...
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
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.
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