Luke 7:25
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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)
לָבַשׁ
lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
רַךְ
rak
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
מִכְלוֹל
miklôwl
perfection (i.e. concrete adverbial, splendidly)
English grammatical function word ('apparelled'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equival...
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
מַעֲדָן
maʻădân
a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully)
חָצֵר
châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('apparelled'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are...
Study GRAM →מַעֲדָן maʻădân
a delicacy or (abstractly) pleasure (adverbially, cheerfully)
Study H4574 →חָצֵר châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Study H2691 →לָבַשׁ lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
Study H3847 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced an...
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; t...
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore ...
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in t...
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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