Luke 15:24

New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For this my

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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was

מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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and is

חָיָה

châyâh

H2421

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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again he was

אָבַד

ʼâbad

H6

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

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and is

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ

H4672

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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And they

חָלַל

châlal

H2490

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 (...

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to 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

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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lost H6

אָבַד ʼâbad

properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

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alive H2421

חָיָה châyâh

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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began H2490

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)

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dead H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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found H4672

מָצָא mâtsâʼ

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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son 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.)

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Cross References

Ephesians 2:5 cross-reference

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Ezekiel 34:16 cross-reference

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong;...

Luke 19:10 cross-reference

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Colossians 2:13 cross-reference

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

Ephesians 2:1 cross-reference

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Luke 15:4 cross-reference

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

Luke 15:32 cross-reference

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Romans 6:11 cross-reference

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Isaiah 35:10 cross-reference

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Romans 8:2 cross-reference

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 12:15 cross-reference

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

John 11:25 cross-reference

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Ephesians 5:14 cross-reference

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

1 Corinthians 12:26 cross-reference

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Romans 11:15 cross-reference

For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

Ezekiel 34:4 cross-reference

The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither hav...

Romans 6:13 cross-reference

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto Go...

John 5:21 cross-reference

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

Mark 8:22 cross-reference

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.

1 Timothy 5:6 cross-reference

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

Revelation 3:1 cross-reference

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Luke 10:19 cross-reference

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Jude 1:12 cross-reference

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,...

Genesis 45:28 cross-reference

And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.

Isaiah 66:11 cross-reference

That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

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