Luke 21:23
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָנַק
yânaq
to suck; causatively, to give milk
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
צָרָה
tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Key Terms in This Verse
צָרָה tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
Study H6869 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
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