Matthew 19:12
New Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָרִיס
çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
סָרִיס
çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
סָרִיס
çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
סָרִיס
çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
סָרִיס
çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
סָרִיס çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Study H5631 →סָרִיס çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Study H5631 →סָרִיס çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Study H5631 →סָרִיס çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Study H5631 →סָרִיס çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Study H5631 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →Cross References
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
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