Luke 2:49
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
מְלָאכָה
mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
Study H4399 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,...
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
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