Mark 4:21
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נִיר
nîyr
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
μόδιος
módios
a modius, i.e. certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil)
מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Key Terms in This Verse
μόδιος módios
a modius, i.e. certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil)
Study G3426 →מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Study H4904 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
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