Matthew 12:44
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אַיִן
ʼayin
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
רוּק
rûwq
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
סוּחָה
çûwchâh
something swept away, i.e. filth
Key Terms in This Verse
מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
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