Matthew 19:10
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
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)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
יָבַם
yâbam
to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
Key Terms in This Verse
שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →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)
Study H376 →Cross References
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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