Luke 12:45
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
נַעֲרָה
naʻărâh
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
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While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock,...
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast wi...
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
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