Luke 18:1
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
מָשָׁל
mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
תָּמִיד
tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular...
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
מוּג
mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Key Terms in This Verse
מוּג mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Study H4127 →מָשָׁל mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Study H4912 →תָּמִיד tâmîyd
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
Study H8548 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →Cross References
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Pray without ceasing.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
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