Luke 6:20

New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And he

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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up his

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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on his

μαθητής

mathētḗs

G3101

a learner, i.e. pupil

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and

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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בָרַךְ

bârak

H1288

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...

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be ye

עָנִי

ʻânîy

H6041

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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for

ὑμέτερος

hyméteros

G5212

yours, i.e. pertaining to you

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is the

מַלְכוּ

malkûw

H4437

dominion (abstractly or concretely)

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of

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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Key Terms in This Verse

yours G5212

ὑμέτερος hyméteros

yours, i.e. pertaining to you

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lifted H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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poor H6041

עָנִי ʻânîy

depressed, in mind or circumstances

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disciples G3101

μαθητής mathētḗs

a learner, i.e. pupil

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Blessed H1288

בָרַךְ bârak

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

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kingdom H4437

מַלְכוּ malkûw

dominion (abstractly or concretely)

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eyes H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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said H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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God H430

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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

James 2:5 cross-reference

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

2 Corinthians 8:9 cross-reference

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Luke 12:32 cross-reference

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Matthew 25:34 cross-reference

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Revelation 2:9 cross-reference

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

2 Corinthians 6:10 cross-reference

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Isaiah 29:19 cross-reference

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Zephaniah 3:12 cross-reference

I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.

James 1:12 cross-reference

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Luke 4:18 cross-reference

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sig...

2 Thessalonians 1:5 cross-reference

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

Zechariah 11:11 cross-reference

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:8 cross-reference

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’...

Luke 13:28 cross-reference

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

1 Thessalonians 1:6 cross-reference

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

Isaiah 66:2 cross-reference

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Matthew 11:5 cross-reference

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Proverbs 16:19 cross-reference

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Psalm 37:16 cross-reference

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

2 Corinthians 8:2 cross-reference

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

Luke 16:25 cross-reference

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Acts 14:22 cross-reference

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Luke 14:15 cross-reference

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Proverbs 19:1 cross-reference

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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