Matthew 13:25
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַד
ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
זָרַע
zâraʻ
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
חִטָּה
chiṭṭâh
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →עַד ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Study H5704 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up...
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat th...
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to ...
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