Matthew 15:27
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
כֶּלֶב
keleb
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
בַּעַל
baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
שֻׁלְחָן
shulchân
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
Key Terms in This Verse
בַּעַל baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Study H1167 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →Cross References
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesse...
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
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