Luke 13:4
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁמֹנֶה
shᵉmôneh
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
מִגְדָּל
migdâl
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
Σιλωάμ
Silōám
Siloam (i.e. Shiloach), a pool of Jerusalem
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
חַטָּא
chaṭṭâʼ
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
שְׁמֹנֶה shᵉmôneh
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
Study H8083 →מִגְדָּל migdâl
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
Study H4026 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Study H3389 →Cross References
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and ...
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
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