Luke 8:9
New Testament • 4 words with Strong's data
"And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַל
shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מָשָׁל
mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָשָׁל mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Study H4912 →שָׁאַל shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Study H7592 →Cross References
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
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