Mark 2:9
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
הֵן
hên
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
קָלַל
qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
חָלָה
châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering...
παραλυτικός
paralytikós
as if dissolved, i.e. "paralytic"
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָלַל qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Study H7043 →חָלָה châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Study H2470 →מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Study H4904 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
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