Matthew 12:45
New Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."
Word-by-Word Analysis
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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...
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
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...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אַחֲרִית
ʼachărîyth
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
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)
רָעַע
râʻaʻ
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
דּוֹר
dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Key Terms in This Verse
רָעַע râʻaʻ
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Study H7489 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →דּוֹר dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Study H1755 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
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