Luke 3:5
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
גַּיְא
gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁפָל
shâphâl
depressed, literally or figuratively
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עֵבֶר
ʻêber
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning ...
אֵיתָן
ʼêythân
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Key Terms in This Verse
אֵיתָן ʼêythân
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
Study H386 →עֵבֶר ʻêber
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
Study H5676 →גַּיְא gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Study H1516 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do ...
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD h...
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
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