Luke 16:23

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And in

שְׁאוֹל

shᵉʼôwl

H7585

Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

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he

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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up his

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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being in

βασανισμός

basanismós

G929

torture

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and

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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אַבְרָהָם

ʼAbrâhâm

H85

Abraham, the later name of Abram

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מֶרְחָק

merchâq

H4801

remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar

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off and

Λάζαρος

Lázaros

G2976

Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)

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in his

חֵיק

chêyq

H2436

the bosom (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

torments G929

βασανισμός basanismós

torture

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Lazarus G2976

Λάζαρος Lázaros

Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)

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bosom H2436

חֵיק chêyq

the bosom (literally or figuratively)

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afar H4801

מֶרְחָק merchâq

remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar

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hell H7585

שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl

Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

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seeth H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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lift H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Abraham H85

אַבְרָהָם ʼAbrâhâm

Abraham, the later name of Abram

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eyes H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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Cross References

2 Peter 2:4 cross-reference

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Matthew 18:9 cross-reference

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

Luke 16:28 cross-reference

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Matthew 23:33 cross-reference

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Psalm 9:17 cross-reference

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Matthew 5:29 cross-reference

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Matthew 5:22 cross-reference

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh...

Isaiah 14:15 cross-reference

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

Isaiah 14:9 cross-reference

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nation...

Revelation 20:10 cross-reference

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Luke 8:28 cross-reference

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

Psalm 49:15 cross-reference

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

Proverbs 5:5 cross-reference

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Proverbs 15:24 cross-reference

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

1 Corinthians 15:55 cross-reference

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Matthew 8:29 cross-reference

And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Proverbs 7:27 cross-reference

Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Matthew 11:23 cross-reference

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Psalm 86:13 cross-reference

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

Proverbs 9:18 cross-reference

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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