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
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
מֶרְחָק
merchâq
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Λάζαρος
Lázaros
Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)
חֵיק
chêyq
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
Λάζαρος Lázaros
Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)
Study G2976 →מֶרְחָק merchâq
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Study H4801 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
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;
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.
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
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.
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...
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
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...
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.
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.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
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?
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
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.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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