Mark 6:17
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ἡρώδης
Hērṓdēs
heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
Ἰωάννης
Iōánnēs
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Ἡρωδιάς
Hērōdiás
Herodias, a woman of the Heodian family
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Φίλιππος
Phílippos
fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
Φίλιππος Phílippos
fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites
Study G5376 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of...
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