Matthew 17:27
New Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶפֶס
ʼepheç
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or fo...
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
בָּגַד
bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
אַגְמוֹן
ʼagmôwn
a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushes
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
דָּגָה
dâgâh
{a fish (often used collectively)}
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
אַגְמוֹן ʼagmôwn
a bulrush (as growing there); collectively a rope of bulrushes
Study H100 →בָּגַד bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
Study H898 →אֶפֶס ʼepheç
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
Study H657 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →Cross References
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
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.
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over ever...
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