Luke 18:25
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָלַל
qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
ῥαφίς
rhaphís
perhaps rather akin to the base of G4474 (ῥαπίζω) through the idea of puncturing); a needle
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
ῥαφίς rhaphís
perhaps rather akin to the base of G4474 (ῥαπίζω) through the idea of puncturing); a needle
Study G4476 →קָלַל qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Study H7043 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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