Luke 9:61
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
χαίρω
chaírō
to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
χαίρω chaírō
to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well
Study G5463 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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