Luke 15:21
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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 ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
חָטָא
châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
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...
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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 ...
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →חָטָא châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Study H2398 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →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 revolve)
Study H8064 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →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 condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →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 condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the L...
But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
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