Matthew 15:2
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
παράδοσις
parádosis
transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law
כָּבַס
kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Key Terms in This Verse
παράδοσις parádosis
transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law
Study G3862 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →כָּבַס kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Study H3526 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →Cross References
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
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