Matthew 12:38
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
סָפַר
çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Φαρισαῖος
Pharisaîos
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אוֹת
ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
סָפַר çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Study H5608 →אוֹת ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Study H226 →Φαρισαῖος Pharisaîos
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
Study G5330 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
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