Mark 9:42
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
בָּגַד
bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
טַף
ṭaph
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
אָמַן
ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
רֶכֶב
rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
תָּלָה
tâlâh
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
Key Terms in This Verse
רֶכֶב rekeb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
Study H7393 →בָּגַד bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
Study H898 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →אָמַן ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Study H539 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →Cross References
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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