Matthew 16:4
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נָאַף
nâʼaph
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
דּוֹר
dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
אוֹת
ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
אוֹת
ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אוֹת
ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
נָבִיא
nâbîyʼ
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Ἰωνᾶς
Iōnâs
Jonas (i.e. Jonah), the name of two Israelites
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →אוֹת ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Study H226 →אוֹת ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Study H226 →אוֹת ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Study H226 →דּוֹר dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Study H1755 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →Cross References
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the hol...
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
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