Matthew 18:12
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
תָּעָה
tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
תָּעָה
tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Key Terms in This Verse
תָּעָה tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Study H8582 →תָּעָה tâʻâh
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Study H8582 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →Cross References
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the...
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong;...
And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace...
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
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